Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-02
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FARM PROSPECTS GENERALLY
HAVE NENER BEEN ~ coon
~ RECENT lEARS

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Mr. Bainer has been spending th'
past several day, b iAe south Plains
| Country OF Texa8land Eastern New
| Mexico. In all Of (which places rain
| has been more or les thorough Re.
1 plying 90 questions. no. said Sever
/ IN the farm history 0f all this COuu.
Try has the prospects been 30 uni
/ formiy good q cry community hs.
its share ~ the cause for rejoicing
| seasons are thorough and land prep
I aration b. of the claN 20 give the row
I crops start on the way 20 rea
I Yields Wheat and other small
/ grain an looking well and the pres
/ ent seasons will end these crops fai
towards maturity 10 not mean %
say that We have already sufficient
/ moisture 10 mature crops but II Is
ample 10 continue growth that war
rants the belief that the harvest Vii.
be- exceptional.
During this Tip. ! visited some
Of the irrigation distrlc,s and find
them quite as enthusiastic and ac-
tive as are the dry farm community
men. They are engaged in the sink
ing OF other wells breaking out
lands. planting and Fet'ins ready for
a fuller and more thorough demon
gtration % the worth ~ irrigation by
pumping w the shallow water belt
0f the northwestefn section Of Tex
nH. There has at DO place, been
sounded a discDur gng note. ] am
gratified 20 know fhat attention is
now being directed'to tho better class
~ tenant farmers in different parts
uf the country Appea vii be-
made ~ these men 10 secure lands
in this fertile section. while they are
cheap and available ON terms Of an
attractive character Many of tho
farming sections are now too high In
price 10 render possible. the pur-
chase Of lands In them by tho tenant
farmers This state of affairs would
Do" most hopeless. but for the fact
that there resmni yas, stretched ut
untitled lands. fertile aud production
30 an Of this portion ~ EcNas To be-
had for very loW price
The development Of the irrigated
districts seems a. me most fortunate.
FOR the reason that u gives wider
scope 10 the farm pOssibilitie4 of thia
northwestern section Of Texas We
ometimca find men who are enthus-
iastic over the irrigated sections. who
care little. through lack OF know
edge 1T otherwise. for the dry farm
mr. districts On The other hand We
have men who arr enthusiastic dry
land farmers who &c mot especially
interested In the irrigated properties
Tho diversity makes place for both
these clements Va It's Inclusion, aud
so draw citilenry from each
So rapid and satisfactory are the
developments iu both dry-Aud and
irrigated districts. that II is difficult
10 keep fully informed a. 10 the ok
act state az progress Each time that
go out over this territory. I lind
agreeable surprises. Better methOds
are being adopted, acreage is rapid
~ decreasing. blowing Is being gaug-
d more deeply, adapted crops from
pure seeds chosen. Rotation and d.
"-eif'"atiop are coming into their
own throughout all this territory. as
nave saiu before farming IN this
country Is destined To be- entirely
re,olulionizcd within a reasonable
hort time. Those who know most
about approved and dependable
methods OF farming. are the ones
Nho are most enthus iastiC and active
their efforts To acquire still
grcater knowledge along the same
line The only man that We have
! difficulty in interesting in move
mouts looking 20 the bettermeut Of
.arm conditions. Is one who knows
he least about farming slovenly
armer Is as unattactiyc and unde-
irahle aud unsuccessful a. sloven-
~ member OF society. In any other
branch of human endeaNor n Is
only with this elias. of person that
sc have difficulty in Introducing and
popularizing methods looking TO in
creased production
Il Is delightiul 10 Us 10 know
hat the farmers % all this section
are becoming keeuly Interested IN
everything that pertains 10 farm life
enhancement. Social center IDEAS
are pcrColating through and touch
INK the spot. evidenced by results
I Meetings are sought AZ the school
houses aud other centrally located
points My department has more
calls for meeting tan II can accept
| some of these are for as many as
hrec gatherings IN single DAY. and
| farmer. have Obligad themselves 10
| assure Co US capacity audiences 10
! which 90 speak on axricultural top
| rs 4 few years since. this would
have been absolutely impossible
Men who are 'urning their at
IGNITION 10 modern agriculture meth
| DDS have shown rUults by cUuparl-
son. little short OF tartling declar-
] ID SIR Rainier. Vaen asked as TO-
/ what facts he has a. basis 'nr his
enthusiasm over the adoption Of
I methods being advocated by .is dc
l partmout Continuing he said
/ We have numorpus comp rativo
.hoviug tho crop tIold under The old
/ Indifferent mcthodt. and ,Ie modern
/ thorough system OF farming Some
/ 90 these show Yields under iHr neV
I syetom ton times groatcr than those
I produce under Tho old lack n sys-
'em. from seeds planted at a.. same
time. on land ldcu'ical. as 10 'ertili-
/ ~ and immediate Joining his Is
an extreme COMPARISON. but y have
numerous example. OF dubbed
I yield or one that s two-third. sreat-
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Agaiu. under the method advo-
Gated. W. find that the fertility b.