The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-24
President Boyd Of University
Says Great Mesa Dry Farm
District Can Feed Whole
State.
SHIPPED H WORTH
$400,O 900 LAST YEAR
Rapid Influx of Solid Farmers
and Extensive Buying of
Land by Men Who Have
Tried Out Section.

That the great upland district sur
county. Ia capable of producing suf-
fclent wheat and other small grain
To feed an New Mexico. n hat the
development OF the district IL pro-
ceeding In such "A way an to make
production IN that scale probable in
the near future. is the comprehen-
slve statement OF President David X
Boyd, Of the state university. who
returned home last night from Roy.
where he delivered the address at the
commencement exercises OF the Roy
public schools.
Il was literally amazed at what
was shown me IN course OF a drive
over the great mesa farming district
which surrounds Roy" said Or. BOYD
this morning. II had no idea there
was such a farming section In that
part of the state, or hat any such
Stage of development had been
Feached, II was one Of the most In
teresting trips l have had and II has
given me a new grasp on the possi-
bilities Of development In u state.
I'm his mesa section. with an av-
bragg elevation Of around 5000 feet,
the rainfall il sufficient to produce
an unirrigated field crop every year.
The soil il very rich and very deep.
There has not been a crop failure
during the past sever consecutive
seasons, while the wheat crop last
year was worth In the n~eighborhood
OF Si0O. 600. This mesa district IN
capable Of producing wheat and small
grain sufficient To supply all New
Mexico, and at the rate at which de-
Velopment is proceeding, II Is In q
fair way To- do just that thing. keep
inE az home q vast amount Of money
That now goes out of New Mexico for
fiour and meal
The land IN this mesa lies so that
farming conditions are ideal aud It's
richness has been demonstrated over
md over since extensive farming FIRST
began. was shown a field of oats
which has produced fine crops each
year for the past four years without
rc-seeding, while little or no cultiVa-
ton appears necessary for wheat. II
n a case of plant the seed and let
natur do the rest.
The district II being settled up
very rapidly. II Is for the most part
q substantial class Of farmers from
Kansas. oklahoma ..id Texas; men
whose friends have tried out the dis
trict and proven II good. There ~
"a heavy buying movement by farmers
who have made money out of wheat
during the past few scasons and who
are investing their earnings In more
land; the surcEt test uf the worth al
a new farming community. The farm
houses are substantial and the feed
lots well supplied
in Roy the implement houses are
literally surrounded by batteries OF
new farm machinery which gangs oil
men are busy setting IN. II remind
ed me stTonRlF of scenes In the fnrm
towns of oklahoma In the DAYS "i
the greal land boom, when farm ma
chincry 'as at a premium and de-
mund for II only limited by the en-
pacity of the dealers To- deliver.
u talked with a number OF con-
H~erya;ivc business men and practicnl
farmers M to the future 81 h ais
trict and their observations and eN-
p]erience and what I was shown have
convinced me that his is n dry
farming district the future of which
In absolutely beyond question.
~ had a very cordial reception IN
Roy and able To Civ consider
able Information about the university
about which the people Of the dis
trict knew comparatively little. II II
from the farming districts such as
this, however. that much of our III
ture university student population
viii come. and l am glad To say that
for the first time We will have rep
resentation from that district In the
student body next year
Dr. Boyd stopped In Santa Fe on
his way home, where he delivered
the h~accalaureate sermon sunday
morning To the graduating class OF
IN nnnIinI rIIN hlph Hchnnl.