Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-12
GETS LECTURE DATA
FROM MIMBRES
VALLEY
Advance Agent of Southern
Pacific Official in Deming
and Vicinity; Sees Herd Of
BlOOded Jerseys.

gHperlnl Cerrrspeaasars g. sac ltsraia /
DeminE. n A. Iuy i9-Mrs. l.. "a
=. Reid. advance agent of the official
lecturer Of the Southern Pacific sys-
tenn. spent yesterday In Deming look
Ina ovsr the Mlmbrcs valley. gather
ing data and photographs and photo
graphic slides for use la connection
with the Illustrated lectures which j.
W. Erwin. official lecturer experts
10 deliver before eastern audiences
this winter IN company with c. J..
Lanehren. a. Bedichek. secretary Of
the chamber OF commerce. and clyde
Earl Ely editor 1T the Graphic. Mrs
Reid first visited the Little vineyards
company property. eaet 81 the city.
There the visitor was impressed with
the wholesale development ~ Ralph
c. Ely.
Tier notes. showed that 2b6 acres
were produqlbg n8fAilh, sixty acres
kaflr corn, siNly atftF milo maize. be-
sides other miscellaneous garden
crops. AZ the time 81 the visit a
second quitting was being taken from
n A0-acre field ~ alfalfa which pro
duced two tons per acre.
Perhaps the most interesting part
~ Mrs. Reds lecture was the bloohed
herd ~ Jersey mich COWS. and the
equipment for caring for the dairy
products aud the animals producing
them. The cement flOored COW harm
would be credit to any eastern
dairy. and the concrete block milk
house with us separator creating
and refrigerating devices. equipment
for tho Babcock test. etc, typified Ute
latest IN dairylng science. Their 'h're
were the two large concrete silos
which furnished silage for the heri
during the cold weather keeping the
flow ~ milk uninterrupted. Tho i've
wells which pump from : .e00 10 i.SOo
gallons pcr minute each were also oh
Gets 81 Mrs Reid's inspection.
From the extensive acres Of Mr.
civ the visitor was taken To- the In
tenslve acres 81 the Rev. W ".
Foulks The evidence Of careful Gull
ture of every foot % the twenty-five
acres IL sufficient proof ~ the fact
that that much land IN the Mimhres
Whitley is equal 10 many times the
amount In the rainhelt. ana is ample
or the needs 81 the average farmer
without doubt the profits 10 the or
binary individual IL much higher on
tho small plots than on th' large
ones
The Rev Mr.. Foulks who " the
nosisnarier here came 90 the valley
broken IN health from his earnest
endoavars AZ p0stor ~ the Methodisi
Uhurch IIe smilinglv admits that his
uurse was also ms sick az his body
therefore he ala not try 10 farm
1arPc acreage Instead 10 set out
small orchard. mostly apples peaches
nnd noars and cultivated tho land be
tween 20 that neither effort nor wat
or was wasted
uo now has 70o trees on ton acres'
twelve acres of alfalfa. and the resi-
IN berries and Prapos. and every vine
md tree Is IN tho very best condition.
The oldest ~ these trees are 1--WE
wears. So impressive was the demon
atratinn ~ this place. that Senator
r.auFhron has decided 30 develop six
~ 2O.acre tracts along the same lin"
Mrs Reid employed local Pho
toFranher 20 mako foTtv.two slides
showing scenco in the Mimhres valley
and secured data from the chamber
81 commerce "a he used In lectu''nP
upon these views Mr. Erwin lee