Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-12
INSTITUTE IS
Being HELD THIS Week
towds Near instructive Talks In
DemInp and Every Agricultural
Community In Luna County.
rArE COLLEGE FACULTY MERE
| D. Seuthwsrth, County Agent,
end Miss Grace 0osbsI, School
Superintendent, In Charge.

The most important farmers in
)tute ever held in this county is be.
conducted all this week IN every
lricultural center in the county.
RI The institute il under the manage
bit of =. ID. Southworth who. ~
first agricultural expert in New
bxico, representing the United
htcs Department of Agriculture and
State Agricultural College, and
VS. Grace q. Goebel, county school
1cperintendeni.
The attendance ut both the after
ION and evening sessions all over
~ county are something phenom =
l, and give very plain evidenc :
the tremendous interest that is be-
taken in agriculture throughout
e county.
4 The class of school houses in Luna
iounty is such ns would do credit to
~ state in the union, and the high
Ass of citizenship that gathers tn
njoy these sessions is an evidcnc :
at the Mimbrcs valley is making II
Use like success. The meetings show
bother fact that n good many of thu
imbres valley farmers are drivin.
htomobiles, and II good many other :
h driving Fords. People come in
e afternoon, furnish II big dinner
br all the distinguished visitors and
law until ten or eleven o'clock at
lght to enjoy the exercises.
The slogan of all the meetings j. :;
letter roads. better farms, better
ehools." An interesting feature of
be- big meetings is that the women
|re asking as many or more ques
Ions than the men. and that all art
|eeply interested in the Improvement
stock, poultry, and farming meth
|os in general.
The list of speakers include Prof.
N. T. Conway. director Of the stat.
|xtension work for New Mexico an,l
|fficial organizer of the girls and
|oys' clubs. In every region of th.
|ounty the boys and girls take II
feat interest in the meetings, and it
y their purpose to organize splendid
)ubs in every section Of the county.
fof. Conway is very much enthused
per the work in this county and ex-
bets some splendid results.
Prof. George Kable, one of tn"
spert irrigation engineers Of the ag
cultural college, gives daily lectures
= irrigation and is giving much val
oble instruction along this important
be of work.
Miss Dora f. Ross. director of
Dme economies for New Mexico. il
eturer for this branch of work. AMI
one of the best posted women along
Is line in the whole Southwest. Miss
ss is Cornell woman, and has
Ade "A great hit in New Mexico.
7 Prof. f. p. Iumbert, agronomisi
i the State College. speaks two ot
hree times day upon improved
'arm crops, and always has splcn.
id hearing.
Prof =. X. Trumble. land expert
e the III Paso and Southwestern
'nilway. explains the great benefit,
u the silo and of the proper use and
Of water, and his lee
ures are doing n great deal of COOL
n every neighborhood. Prof. Trum'
lie says that the soil in the Mimbres
ALLEY possesses every element of
liant food, and when cultivation shall
)ut humus and nitrogen into the soil,
md when every farmer shall have a
|erd Of cattle and drove Of hogs.
y course supplemented by flock
II high-bred poultry, the Mimbres
'alley will be an ideal farming see
ion.
Mr.. Southworth gives each evening
In illustrated lecture on the improve
nent of live stock, and it is a certain
get that through his activity the
'armers of Luna county are to he
'ery much benefited.
Others Interested in the big move
nent are Mayor John Corbett. John
fund, chairman of the board of
county commissioners. and Willard
!. Holt, secretary of the Deming
'hamber of Commerce. J. l.. Will
ION of FL Paso is musical director
II the combination, and makes a