El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-11
Tess ALFALFA,
MORE VARIETY"
Valley Needs Organization
for Marketing and More
Diversification.

st am afraid the farmers n the FL
Paso valley are pretty much like the
/ farmers of some parts of eastern and
central TeNas-there they have been
planting too much cotton: here they
, have been planting too much alfalfa in
proportion to the amount OF land in
/ cultivation DiyersificatiOn of crops
I and the introduction of dairy farming,
Z hog raising and poultry raising would
/ benefit the FL Paso valley"
This is the way Prof. J. T. QuicksalI.
/ Of the United States department OF
agriculture sized up the Fl PasO val
ley situation Tuesday after a two days
tour of the valley in company with a
G. Graham. local government demon
stration agent. Mr.. Quicksall is dis
trict supervisor OF this demonstration
work and is on the first OF his official
visits, which Will be made every six
weeks or oftener.
Il find the farmers here anxious to
learn and in a receptive mood said
Mr. QuicksalL We held a meeting
this afternoon at Clint with the farm
ers, ut their own suggestion. and [
was extremely glad to see the interest
they manifested. Our object is to CO.
operate with and show the farmers
what 10 do and we are always glad to
have them evidence such a spirit Of
interest in the work.
Teaching Boys and Girls.
This farm demonstration work and
cooperative work is making rapid
progress throughout the United States
and II IS accomplishing a great good.
i deals with organizing the farmers
for growing, and marketing crops It
also teaches them hOWs to get the best
results We are carrying it into the
schools and are accomplishing wonder
ful results with the boys and girls We
are organizing COW clubs. corn clubs.
pig clubs, garden clubs. flower clubs
and then encouraging competition
among the school pupils Prizes are
awarded 70 the end of a season for the
best results The girls generally take
10 the garden work and flower grow
ing the boys to pig raising. corn grow
ing and calf raising Last year one
boy grew 40 bushels OF corn on an acre
Of land which adjOiued his fathers
corn field. where the father only grew
. bushels Of corn. The father was
Immediately convinced Of the value OF
agricultural obstruction in the schools
and admitted that his boy in one year
had learned more Khan he had &C
quired in lifetime Of experience about
growing corn The children take an
interest in the work and they take
an interest in school as a result In
stead Of playing hockey they want to
attend school
System In Marketing.
"One Of the important problems IN
the II PasO valley is that of marketing
the crops The farmers must be or
gained so that they can deal intelli-
gently with the commission men. The
commission men know when they Will
need such and such an article and they
must place their orders in advance TO
be sure of it, II the farmers Of the
FL Paso valley would organize and as
certain just how many acres they
would have and about how many
pounds Of a particular product they
would be able to market. they could
go 10 tie commission men in advance,
arrange to market 90. But when the
farmers work as individuals. and wait
until their crops are ready for market
before trying to sell. they Invariably
find the market Slutted with imported
stuff. contracted -by commission men
in advance 1t is not wholly the fault
or commission men As a general rule,
the commission man would rather mar
ket the local product and get it fresh
and save express or freight charges [
but If ne does not know how much he
Will be able to procure. he takes no
chances but orders from some growers l