Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-07

pass
over IN Acre Foot ~ Rain
The Slaton region has revealed this
season In serie. OF closely follow
Ing and teeminF rains Beginning
l1 March 22. thee rains fell in April
June and July. Rth % total precipita
lion exceeding . inches or over an
acre foot Of water
Under these conditions. the fertile
0.l of the regiou has pat forth ~
best rndeavor and thc now practical
81 maturing har.r.ts are riyalling iu
wonder the Wonder City' Of Slatou
herself Milo maize and Kaflr corn
ire estimated 600 fhe way from 90 90
300 bushels per acre. Indian corn a.
tho same figure. while cotton Is pla-
.od by the most cautious no oue-third
bale to the acre. ith more general
estimate of ouc.h8lf bale while many
hiuk the avcrlEe R.iI reach three
fourihs OF bale per acre in con-
nortion with which estimates Is the
not ~ be forgotten fact that for th"
last seven year one. or more farm
.rs OF the slaiou region have raised
over o. bale Of cotton per acre
\ MODERN Gin
4 modern ru viii boz erected iu
time 90 meet f1s season cotton crop
aud as one-thrd OF this years Guilt
atod area Of fhe region Is In cotton.
slatou rinning this fan viii be- alike
busy and big
As an instance OF the natural adj
aptabii,y of cotton 10 Slaiou res
on was the displaying a. the recent
station carnival of q cotton plant with
ma forms "a fact whose Significance
ln be- appreciated when 10 is remem-
.rred that a good stand Of cotton
i'm o. bolls per plant means one
third of bale per acre
Peanuts
Peanuts are rapidly resolving them
selves into profitable local special
~. alike az 20 stock feed and market
sale
Peanut fields run mp 10 I 10 acres
with net general profit 10 the farm
% OF from $50 20 S35 per acre tn"
parish variety is chiefly used from
ho double fact OF prolific yield and
hat Cos upright growth permits lbs
utiug bf header for vine for
age
The ordinary American peanut ie
llso @ heavy producer three quar-
,cr moturod nut lately dug out In the
arden of Editor Edgill OF The Sla
'ouitc. weighing ono-half am ounce
lf this growth continues boo proper
zion until maturity Mr. EdrelI VIII
latten % few hogs throwing the pee.
nuts 10 the porkers an tho same as
ears of corn.
Sweet potato culture is IuCrcaslus
In great ultimate local values as
thc sweet tuhers grow Co individual
weights running az hish as IS pounds
and WELD up 10 900 bushels per acre
with au assured market sale. yfar in
mud year out. of : per hushrl
W8tcrmelons. ,autolcupos aur
musk melons are alike prolific and
perfect. while tho standard market
vegetables. peas. beans. tomatoes en-
cumh,rs squash and okra cannot Dee
anywhere eNcollcd
stone and seed orchard fruits are
heavy bearers this year Mayor Muir
ray. of Slaton. hayiug on office eNhi-
bitiou ounce apples picked this year
Al orchard random, these apples. by
the way. being accompanied by ~
feet hirh corn stalks from the same
farm
These apples Of Mayor Murray are
attracting many eyes From imml-
fratIon adyices already received be
tween T. aud 2o new farms Will be
opened in the immediate Slalon vi
.inity reNt year Slaton ueV SlI.-
600 public school building viii be
completed for tho coming fall school
term The Slaton school district is
cot tha Independent class and has a
land endowment OF s. school sec
tiors
Tho local Alfalfa Lumber Co
throa-h IT, new and energetic man
ar,r = W Patterson is rapid, push
ms The erection in the Slatou region
OF ta 2xt lumber or as generally
known the common sense si'o.' of
which quite number viii he il
stock atteninr use this year Taken
alto.sthcr. the Slatou regIou viii
count. by this fall a dozen silos
The Grca, Meat and Cotton Comhinc
In common with many other por-
lions Of the South Plains. the Slaion
region Is coming 90 the conclusion
that the combiniug of meat and cot
ron production means az once tho
sanest. strongest and surest develop
msrt Of prosperity and progress.
south Plain cotton has no Tes.s
superior and Slatou cotton s OF the
best south Plains product
Milo maize. Kafir corn Indian corn +
and peanuts are the greatest OF beef
and pork fattening and finishers and F.
nowhere are these growths OF surer
90 more prolific Yield thar n the
Slaton country.
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