Deming graphic., 1913-08-01
lola FARMERS ARE
GROWING BIG CROPS
Developers In That Section Working
Wonders With Soil, Water
and Climate
MRS. DANsE DESCRIBES WORK
Accomplishments In Other Parts OF
Mimbres Valley Inspiring TO
Farmers, She Says
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II 10 the Editor of The Graphic: =
T. Our people have been rlamor- i
y ing for II little space in your y
T. valuable paper, and rs good re- +
" ports Of what they are doing =
+ are II boost 10 the entire valley +
Il hope you will see your way +
y clear to print enclosed report. +
+ Yours with good wishes. +
Il MRS. GERTRUDE DANSE. +
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Reading the interesting accounts
of what the farmers are doing in diff
fcrrnt parts of the valley made me
curious about the progress in our
own section. Accordingly | conclud-
ed In ask n friend To accompany me
on II little tour of inspection. What
We saw greatly exceeded our expec-
tations and my friend remarked "The
farmers of the valley are brave men
to whom great credit l. due"
Before describing the farms, wish
To say that | made il n point 10 in
quirc for each mans opinion about
the expense of running Il pumping
plant and without exception the an
swcr was that the expense is n small
item compared to profits, Naturally,
much depends on the outfit aud the
care and wisdom exercised in run
ulnp it.
Beginning farlhcst south, We found
Cash Rambo busily engaged in di-
reclng the great stream of 5000
over the 4plendidly prepared farm.
Mr.. Rambo has one of the best wells
in the valley. The variety, as well
~ the arrangement of the crops on
upwards Of twenty acres, shows the
work ni Il farmer of experience. Be
side large feed crop. there is
large truck garden. in which onions
and cabbage prcdominatr The cab
bagc J. Of the small head variety,
This was chosen ~ being more read
lily marketable in the retail trade. In
dications here certainly point to sue
cess.
Next in order was the Quescnbery
farm on the Gibson place. Mr.. Ques-
cnbery is mn experienced California
farmer aud the large acreage he is
now working shows system and in
tclli9ent management throughout. !
think his farm has the largest area
of well developed alfalfa III lola,
about twelve acres. ! believe, await
my the third cutting, and it is II sight
eIaddening To the eye. The milo and
other crops are in good condition and
the whole farm looks very promising.
The next visit wa~ made to the
farm of NJ. +. Meyer, II young scien-
tiiic farmer who gets largest results
possible from every foot of land cul-
livatcd Here the two noteworthy
things are the luscious casabas and
the peanuts. The large acreage of
peanuts is delightful tn look upon.
Our next stop was At the Lucas
place. This must be- seen 10 b. APP
preciated. II is easily the banner
farm" of this section of the valley,
The wonderful results attained since
the Lucas family came, less than
three years ago, would not be posi-
Bile outside the Mimbres Valley When
Mr.. Lucas has finished seeding thirty
additional acres of alfalfa this week
he will then have about ll5 acres in
cultivation. This is the work of the
family. Mr.. Lucas admits that he
has not spent over - for outside la
Dor this year. Besides the alfalfa
We find milo, sorghum, kafir corn,
Mexican June corn, etc. A 2-story
35x50 foot feed house will not begin
to accommodate the crop. Mrs. Lu-
cas- has vegetable garden truly
wonderful. Here are fine fruit and
nut trees, n splendid grape arbor,
berry bushes. with their trellises, and
even patch of cotton, the buds OF
which are ready to burst and show
their snowy whiteness. The fine con-
diiion of the cotton was revelation
to me and wondered why no one
here had tried to raise cotton before.
No doubt the trial on this farm will
be initiated on others next year This
hospitable family regaled us with fine
melons. II my readers will stop to
think that Mr.. Lucas expects to in