El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

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| should as soon as the top Of the soil
| dries cultivate the soil-mulch ito
| keen the moisture IN II ana allow the
! bacteria TO work II is this bacteria
which helps the growth Of the plant
| Too much water browns everything
| out of the soil"
Practical Irrigation Experience.
J L Ouicksall, supervisor of demon
! stration agents for the United States
! Government, declared Mr.. Claridge
right and said that down near Del Rio
/ a few years ago one man was making
20 bushels Of corn per acre on some
! irrigated land that looked like il ought
to produce much more. He Investigated
and found that 400 much water was be-
] inc used He suggested. more cultiva-
ton and less irrigation; told the farm
er not to do any irrigation In the fail
| or winter, but insisted that the farmer
harrow the soil frequently, and then
irrigate after planting only when
necessary. The farmer found that it
was not necessary to irrigate to bring
| up his corn the next spring-he had
/ conserved enough moisture from the
last irrigation in the fall, and during
the spring he only applied two irriga-
| tons The corn produced so bushels
! to the acre under this system
Farmers sales Organizations.
( Both Mr.. Claridge and Mr. Quicksau
/ attended the meeting of the chamber
/ Of commerce committee, over which
| chairman George R LeBarOn presided,
! and both dweIt upon the necessity Of
] the farmers organizing TO market their
I products as well as TO grow them They
! said it was necessary for the farmers
/ to organize, tabluate the acreages in
the various products and be able to
1 show the commission men just what
] they could supply at given time
It is also necessary that the products
be properly sorted and packed, they
I both asserted, so that the commission
men can depend upon the quality of the
goods. This done, they felt sure that
the commission men would give pref
erence to home grown products over
those raised out of town.
Marketing Farm Products.
Mr. Claridge said the best marketing
system he knew of is in force in Jack
sonville, Texas, which is the headquar-
tiers for marketing organization com
posed Of several townships The tomato
buyers from all over the country go to
Jacksonville to buy tomatoes and each
day the salesman for the association
comes out into the office OF the con-
Germ with a statement Of the number
of cars he has for sale "One day I
saw 81 carloads Of tomatoes sold In
half an hour for $4,000 in that little
Texas town" he said. The agent
comes out and says: What am offered
for a car of tomatoes a. such and such
a place, loaded and ready for ship
mentT Some buyer Will probably ask.
Whose pack is it, If the buyers know
the man who has made the pack. there
is usually spirited bidding. II they do
not know him. ii may be that they viii
insist upon inspecting the car before (
buying. That is how important the
selection and packing Of goods is to the
dealer"
Boys and Girls Work.
Mr.. QuicksaH told the chamber Of
commerce committee of the work Of
h. nd he in
sections Of Texas and said 1t was yet
time to organize a Boys Pig club in
the FL PasO valley. but too late TO or
Eanize the children into clubs for the
planting and growing Of garden or farm
stuff This work should be taken up
next fall, he said He suggested the
starting of these clubs in the schools I
Girls canning clubs, he said, We're prov
ing Of great interest among the chill
dren- He told Of one little girl II years
Of age in a Texas town who raised
enough tomatoes on a tenth Of an
acre Of land to bring her in nearly 5000 !
in cash for the year. The girls are /
taught TO can their tomatoes under
or women farm demonstrators, and
their community labels are much sought ,
after as soon as the people begin using !
the tomatoes, he said
Agriculture in Schools.
Professor R J. Tighe thought the !
matter ought by all means to be taken ,
I'D in the rural schools and G. A. Mar
tin suggested that Miss AIyra Winkler, !
county school superintendent be asked !
TO cooperate with the chamber Of com
merce committee and attend its next /
meeting with Mr.. QuicksalL
1t was arranged that Mr.. Quicksall |
would notify the committee in advance I
Of his next visit to FL PasO 50 that
arrangements could be made for all (
members Of the committee to accom- |
pany him and A. G. Graham, the county |
demOnsCrator. on their visits through !
the valley. Miss Winkler Will be asked |
to accompany the committee also Mr. !
Claridge promised to try to come to /
FL Paso at the same time.
Holding Valley Meetings.
Mr. Quicksan and Mr.. Graham held a I
meeting with the farmers at Clint yes |
terday afternoon and are meeting with 1
the farmers Of the Ysleta district this /
afternoon. Mr.. Quicksall Will return !
here in about two months.
Meantime, Mr.. Graham is 10 bend his /
efforts. on instructions Of the agricul- !
tural committee. to organizing market
ing associations among the farmers /
with the view of teaching them how to /
sort, pack and market their products. |
show them that they have a market |
for their stuff and then there will be 4
an incentive for them to work is the /
view Of the committee.
To Send Exhibit to Denver.
Inc committee decided to recommend |
70 the chamber of commerce the send !
ing Of an exhibit to the Soil Products /
exhibit at Denver during the Interna- |
uonal Dry Farming congress next Sep
TENDER. The railroads will haul the /
exhibit free If the chamber Of COM /
merce prepares one Mr.. Graham will 4
prepare the exhibit and probably ac- /
company il to Denver. The exhibits /
viii consist Of irrigation products as 4
wei as dry farm products. FL Paso's ]
exhibit viii be confined to irrigation 4
products
Those present at the meeting Of the |
committee were: Chairman Geo. R Le- ]
Baron, professor r. J. Tighe, DR.. S. T. /
Turner. Sam Gillette. S. c.. McCurdy. /
Davis POrcher, G. A Martin. secretary |
4. W Reeves, publicity agent Geo. II. |
Clements and Nessrs. Quicksau,
Claridge and Graham.