Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-20

and it does not tend to rise. In
America men struggle for the neces-
sites of life on 200 acre farms. In
China, large families are reared on
plots no larger than our city lots.
Around Paris, few thousand per-
sons in families of market gardeners
on plots ranging from an eighth of
an acre 10 three or four acres, and
averaging less than one acre per
farm" not only supply all the fresh
vegetables for the city of Paris with
its 100000 people, hut ship half
their produce To London. An annual
production of $1,000 to $4,000 per
acre from these Paris market gar
dens Is not uncommon.
Did YOU ever stop think what
the natural power of reproduction of
n single grain of wheat, barley, or
oats amounts tor In June, l716.
Phillip Miller at Cambridge. England
planted n grain of wheat in the en-
pcrimental gardens; II months later.
the harvest from this single seed was
counted. aud il was $4,000 seeds.
In 1903 n Frenchman. NJ. Bellenoux.
planted 20 grains of wheat in one
square yard of earth. At intervals
of about two months he separated
and replanted the newly formed
stalks developed from the seeds. At
the end of IL months each of his
original grains had produced 10000
grains.
BY contrast, remember the aver
age wheat crop in the United States
is about l3 bushels per acre, believed
to be- the lowest in the world.
How do they achicv" those won
dcriul results above described!
Briefly, by following the Chinese
method. which has been followed of
necessity by the Chinese for thou
sands of years to keep off famine
aud starvation. and which j. now ~
days applied by those wonderful gar
drncre to all their soil cultivation.
The usual way To seed grain is
Ia throw il broadcast on roughly
narrowed land, paying no altrndtion
10 the individual seed. aud prarti-
rally no attention 10 cultivation Of
the soil on anything like u practical
scientific scale. The ChinamalI. on
the contrary, first prepares hi, seed
bed ~ carefully as 10 propagate
some fine and rare flower. crnmbllne
every lump 10 fine powder in his
hands. mellowing the soil. and con
serving the mulch. Then he -ow-
each seed of grain separately. and
III To 20 inches apart, again rs it he
was working with some precious
flower
IN few weeks the seeds GERM
nate, and each seed forms u -rpa
rate clump of stalks. each with it,
own root system. The Farmer by
careful hocimg covers the base nf the
clumps with pulvrrizrd earth. aud
each stalk again increases by 20 at
thrreaboutN. In this way. simply
through careful cultivation. from 800
To 400 stalks are produced from the
single seed of grain, aud each stalk
bears an ear with % or 30 grains.
All this is accomplished without
5rparatins ~ transplanllnr. but Il
has been found thai The process ni
reproduction can be- continued indri
inlrly. with the tremendous rate at
multiplication. by separating from
the parent Stems the nrw stalks. each
with H. own ro0tlciN. and. after
lran~planling. giving them the same
sort ui treatment
The harvest of 1lO.OOO grains per
original seed corresponds To- n yield
of three tons per acre or 100 bush
els. EXpcrimenlally this yield has
been rqunlcd or exceeded we be
licyc We are safe in saying, in small
areas on demonstration farms in the
FL Paso Valley, But IN many wheat
areas IN the United States the WELD
j. often moi onc-truth of that.
An Algerian conoiSt from France
has been planting wheat and oats in
the same fields for five years. with
oul application Of manure. lie makes
his burrows 36 inches apart and
plants the seeds At Il distance of 20
inches from each other. Then he
harrows the earth constantly, stir
ring the soil. destroying parasites.
aud keeping II pnlveri2ed For five
years, without fertili2ine, without
distribution of crops, and without 70
tation, he has harvested nm average
yield of $500 pounds Of oats pr
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