Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25

(From the sintc College Couricr.)
During JUS President Indd receive
ed request from a farmers oraani-
zatlOn IN Union county TOR a man from
the college 90 address them on the
subject Of dry farming. Or. r.. p.
Humbert. Of the department Of agron.
omy went IN response 10 this request.
making the trip also the occasion OF a
visit Ia the BLAZER farm In Otero
county and the dry farm experiment
station near TucumCnri. The follow
Ing ~ Or Humberts account Of the
trip:
Co-operatiou IN CeFeaI ssreedlng.
Ga Wednesday August 9Th +
stopped With Mr.. A. ~ blazer, who
owns a farm % i50 acres about a mile
down stream from the Mesealero
postoiisce. This tream, the TularOaa.
hows during the whole year and fur
nishes water. power, and light for tho
Indian agency With its many build
ings; waters the crops Of the narrow
valley above and below Moscaloro and
finally spreads out 20 irrigato about
1909 acres 81 alfalfa near Tularosa
station on the Hats
Mr. Blazer has lived on this farm
Tor great many years and has from
Time 10 time operated a water-pOwor
Hour mill along with general farm
work. The mill has furnished n ready
market Tor all the wheat that this aud
other farms near by could raise, the
-four being sold largely to the Mes
,alerO Indians.
- a progressive farmer and miller
this man has long been interested In
the work of improving The quality and
Yield Of his wheat and other cereals
aud II waR for the purpose OF study
ing this subject and other farm prob
lens that he attended the short
course at the Agricultural college last
winter. lie has IN the past conducted
many variety tests with wheat and
oats but az considerable unnecessary
time ana expense for the reason that
he supposed that two varieties Of
wheat or oats planted side by side
would mix. Mr.. Blazer told me We'd
nesday that he had learned but one
thing az the college Cthnt wheat and
oats are self fertilizcd and will not
mix when planted with other VAR
ietiea Of wheat or oats) hc would have
been more than repaid for the money
spent.
In cooperation with the depart
ment OF agrOnomy Mr.. Blazer IN now
doing some breeding work with sew
eral varieties Of wheat Next year
plan TO include oats and barley.
The rows Of wheat IN Mr.. Blazer =
garden were just ripenng and offered
an excellent opportunity for study and
comparison.
Cereals are very much affected by
local conditions OF ollmate--that H.
altitude. temperature, water and soil
conditions, etc. and cereal breeding
work To be most effective must be
done near whore the crop is TO be
grown
Dry Iand Experiment station.
About three miles out from Tucum-
carl Is located federal dry land cx-
pertinent station. a visit 10 this farm
win repay any one who is interested
IN New Mexico agriculture. Here is
land like thousands and thousands Of
acres Of land In the state. level. rich
In plant food. altitude favorable
nreen to twenty inches OF rainfall per
year what are the possibilities? n
Is to work out the possibilities, 20 per-
feet methods, and record experiences
ANNA AlAf tANNi AAUNNANN ANAA w NhhEhffF
MIR. J. T.. Mundell who IN IN charge.
can talk theories to the visitor but
better yet he can show facts. The
crops look well and are grown TO
prove different methods of preparing
the land, different methods Of Guilt
waiting the soil. choosing the proper
crops and proper varieties ana select
ing succeeding crops 90 make good
rotation. These are the problems and
these the experiments that are going
on The land IN the same as the land
an about. only methods that can be
easily duplicated are used, no eN-
pensve fertilizers, no hocus-pocus.
They are Just working out In quiet
way the possibilities Of these many
acres where irrigation II Impossible
and only limited amount of rain
falls. In 1912 yields OF 80 bushels OF
Indian corn Cmaizel 1000 pounds OF
Mexican beans. etc. were recorded.
This year the yields win be somewhat