Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-29

The Santa Re railway ran sii1
special over lines trayorsina the south
western counties of Kansas, during
the week ended November s. II was
Joint enterprise; the railway paying
the expenses OF the train and food. ANA
the Kansas State Agricultural college
furnishing the lecturers. ON board
were Professor A. = Neaie, suporin-
tendent OF silo construction; Profess
for l.. A. Gould. superintendent OF
district farm denomination; and Pro-
lessor Edward &. Johnson, supcriu-
tendent OF college extension; O. g..
Wheeler. associate editor OF the Kan
sas Farmer. and n. N, Banner of Am
arillo. Texas. demonstration of aEri-
culture for the Santa Fe railway in
New Mexico and northwest Texas. in-
vitod by the college; u. g. Nance.
dcmonatratOr Of machinery, Grant
Harrington representing Governor
Hodges Of Kansas; Harlan y. Smith.
head OF the college publicity bureau
J.. T. Bacon, assistant general colon
ization agent Of the railway and the
writer.
The train carried a business car, ia
which the party lived; two large pas
senger coaches. ia which the lecturers
addressed their audiences when the
weather happened 20 be lnclement;
and two flat cars, carrying forms
showing silos in process OF construc-
ton. ana nm engine cutting knives.
aud AN elevator showing the means 90
preparing the ensilagc and lifting u
into the silo Forty minutes were de-
49,. 10. FfF az Oh a. u
stops were scheduled rtrst the lee
turor spoke az the great usefulness ~
TIA silo IN preserving feed FOR livestock
through the winter and of the necos-
Kitty OF divorsifying crops as n means
az protection against possible loss OF
one crop Of another by drought or
ether visitation Of Providence. Of tlds
Harlan - Smith writes In the Kansas
Iudustrialist. of which ne Is the odi-
tor the following synopsis 81 the lee
turg
"Thc worldwide and woridold rule
hy which agricultural prosperity can
Doe made permanent may Doe stated n
two words. missed farming Tint is.
growing % variety OF crops nud breed
'nE CROWNS, and feeding as much
livestock as the land can Doe made 20
fNA NNlNNNNW'WN ANNlNNNNA AANf"
from thc soil the minerals necessary
for plant growth The farmer who
follows this plan exclusively o. % min
or when h. feeds the crops grown
90 livestock and puts the manure on
the hand. he becomes soil builder
"'rhc system Of grain farming com
monty followed in southwest Kansas
is neither profitable nor permanent.
a..
acre from wheat iu three representa-
tive counties are: Ford $3.50. Ness
SiNf. Kingman $3.50. ~ costs. at ay-
orugo land values of this section. 50
30 Stl tu produce an acre OF rcs,,
The calculating farmers have found
that This BE- true and are turning TO
mixed farming
MIXED forming has several ad,unt-
ages First. 10 iH stable. There are
several sources OF income, ana 81 one
crop loscs. am b. not lost Second "
is soil Cd builder. crop rotation, cH.
pecialiy when 60 legum,, as cowpcas.
sweet clover, and Alfalfa can be- I'M
troduccd makes the soil more pro-
ductNc. and where animals are fed
aud thc manure is spread ON the land,
soils become better each year Third.
labor b. distributed throughout the
year. There is mo- rush season, as u
wheat farming. Teams do not stand
idle for two-thirds OF the year with
heavy expense and no income. Fourth,
MIXED farming tends Co seusouUbls
farming. The Kansas state Agrlcul-
tural college has proved that ploWing
at tho proper season ul the year aud
properly fitting the ground Tor wheat
has more To- do with the yield than
the rainfall Where wheat b. grown
in such large areas II Is impossible 10
pillow on time lifth animal pro-
ductiun now b. profitable. The world
is short on meat animals OF all sorts.
Beet cattle have fallen off 80 per
cent Ia six years Consumption iB
increasing In spite OF higher prices.
Marketing grain and forage through
animals Us now the most profitable
way
1.-THE agriCult raj college advises
that not more than oue-tourth of the
cultivated land bee soWn Co wheat any
one year, that this be- followed by one
or two crobs of sorghums. either ka-
fr care. milo or fctcrita, that one
y,ur hc devoted 90 following the land.
aud that wheat follow the failow.
Careful experiments have shown that
more net income can Doc secured from
forty acres carefully pat into wheat
that 100 acres under the ordinary sss
tenn Experiments have also shown
that for western Kansas moro grain
and forage can boz grown iu three
years following one year fnllow than
in four years with NO fallow.
"The silo o. 81 necessity 90 mixed
farming. because, by hs use, ia,
cheapest most profitable ANA mosl
succuleut animal food can bc pro
vidod. II makes possible the savlnl
of everything grown aud IN the hes
possible condition for feeding. d
saves feed, saves labor and makes
money for the Ftuckman II Is o.
good for horses ana sheep as cattle
and as q winter green food Tor poul
try IL ranks FIRST, both for ECONOMY
and efficiency, Sorghums should %.
grown for the silo Kaiir and cans
have equal value with corn for siloE'
and are more certain aud productive
Allow them to mature before cutting
Frost doc. NOT fuiurr for silagr hu