Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-03
TWO STAPLE CROPS
FOR THIS SECTION
CONTINUED From Page One.)

| NlONilUufl fTOtu rage Oufs
ia the hay crops. as the silOs are nov
coming. meaning more or less cattle.
hogs and sheep to every farmer. with
the added fact that most OF the big
ranclhnen OF the Panhandle are now
learning and recognizing the profit
able feed value Of the Sorghum Hay.
and the way things now look there
will. In the course OF few years
be- such local demand as 10 make
IL doubtful n there will be am large
surplus going 10 any other section OF
/ the state
As f0rcibe illustration, | would
mention that during the winter OF
1912 Mr. 4. T.. deRicqles. Manager
OF the American Livestock x Loan
Co., with headquarters AZ Denver.
and which company grazes large
herds OF cattle In the Panhandle. and
In the Northwestern States. called
at my office for the purpose OF pur-
chasing a few cars 10 be fed along
with Cotton Seed take. Prairie Hay
vas scarce and high. and ! suggested
Sorghum aud l'nthreshed Millet Hay.
Mr.. deRicqles said that he mad heard
! % INTERESTED Millet Hay but knew
nothing Of the value OF Sorghum
Hay and that he would take ten ears
OF the Millet Hay. After much expla-
nation ! induced him TO try one ear
Of the sorghum Hay. These ship
ments and deliveries were made. and
few weeks later MIR. deRicqles or
dered ten cars OF Sorghum Hay. and
repeated the order short time al
ter. and II developed that 'y tie
time grass Lad come nc hai rcceN-
ed over 80 cars OF SurgLum HAY
\ few weeks ago chlnced {,
meet MIR deRicqles on the train. and
one of the first things he said was
You put me on 10 4 valuable dis
coyery. and that was III, Sorghum
hay. which I pronounce one of the
most meritorious. useful and yalua-
Bile forages and roughages that
have seen or known" and he con
I,utCd with the state en- that the
lanfardl, did not besiu Il realiz.
,lc uturc II had Re c 1t ~ IA,
way OF wealth and riches In the en-
larged reduction OF this crop,
would like to know who 1t Is living
In the Panhandle 30 ignorant that
he does not know of the infallibllity
and certainty OF the production of
this crop on large and immense
scale In the Panhandle.
While everyone who has been I'm
touch with Panhandle farming may
know of the certain boutiful yield
of Sorghum every year there are
but very few comparatively who
know anything OF the real feeding
value OF the commodity Analysis
OF Sorghum Hay shows that It is only
slightly below alfalfa In protein, and
vastly superior In saccharine and
carbohydrates. giving a combination
OF constituents In one feed that in
sure growth. strength, heat and fat
tening. whether fed to cattle. sheep.
hogs. horses or mules. and there Is
no feed that all manner OF livestock
will take TO as eagerly and yoraciDus-
W and continuously as Sorghum, and
the time will surely come when Sor-
ghum will be indispensable To the
livestock industry whether as rough
feeding or In the processes of a.
tcuiug and finishing
have been several years acquir-
ing my information and experience
both from observing the growth ana
the production, and in developing
and establishing fixed markets which
have resulted in a high commercial
value and insures big profits and
prosperity to the Panhandle farmer.
even II a ton should never be consum
ed In the Panhandle where produced
/ and this should overwhelmingly con
vince any man. weakened or skep-
teal as 10 the future OF the Panhan-
die.
r Sorghum and Millet are almos,
o. INDIGENOUS. and grow with invariablc
certainty aud perfection OF yield IN
Z all OF the sections OF the Panhandle
- from Lamesa and Farwell TO Higgins
y from Shamrock to Adrian, Bravo "a
% TeXhoma, and Childress to Texline
Enthusiasm founded on fact. and
D directed along sane and logical line,
- Is essential to progress and quick
g development. and what other agency
n could guarantee. or youchsafe thii
D enthusiasm and needful intelligence,
: like an "All-Panhandle Fair"