Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-12-16
MOUNTA|NA|R
CROP STORIES

air was printed in the Santa Fe
| New Mexican:
While there are no phenomenal
yields reported this year, the
farmers generally made good and
are very we'll satisfied with the
result of the years work, yields
running from 300 to 1900 pounds
to the acre. Among some of the
larger bean producers results
were obtained as follows:
| j. H. Cumiford made some
thing over $4,000 pounds on
eighty acres and sold out early
rat three cents a pound. He
bought an automobile and has
money to loan. He hired no help
until harvest.
S. l.. Brown made a little over
10000 pounds on fifty acres and
he sold early at three cents. He
already owned a car and has the
money from this years crop in
the bank on time deposit.
j. A. Cooper had lots of trou-
BILE with the cut worms and
never did get good stand on
more than about half of his
acreage. He planted about 245
acres and harvested about $50,
from which he threshed 100000
pounds. He has sold one car
load at 1925 and is holding the
balance which he could sell now
at $3.50. He has bought 800
acres adjoining his fine mesa
home and will either buy a home
in town or buy a car in which to
send his children to school. He
employed no help until harvest
except one man about four
months.
w. G. Harrison planted only
about forty acres but he harvest
ed over $4,000 pounds and sold at
three cents. He has bought an
automobile and is another en-
thusiastic booster for the Gran
Quivira Highway, near which
his farm is located.
M. B. Condre planted about
fifty acres and harvested a little
over $4,000. He sold at three
cents and is putting his money
into cattle.
Tom Springs planted thirty-five
acres and raised 22,300 pounds.
He sold at $3.15.
Rufus Sellers raised 21, 200
pounds on forty acres and sold
$3.25. He is loaning the money
at twelve per cent and buying
all the cattle offered at bargain
prices.
J. l. Hodgins fought the
worms hard but threshed about
10000 pounds from forty acres
and is holding for higher prices.
He says he raised enough of 9TH
er crops to keep him going an
other year and he does not have
to sell his beans.
Miss Alice Hoyland taught
school and farmed only by proxy,
but she has over 10000 pounds.
She is holding for the spring
market.
J. O. Coffey sold "a, 800 from
about thirty-five acres at So. 25
and is also loading up on the
Beef Steer and his Sister,
w. C. Delozier made $50
pounds to the acre on about forty
acres and was the first one to
thresh and the first to sell. He
sold at S2.75, but says he is per-
fectly satisfied with the results
of his years work.
J. M. Donaghe and George B,
Rhodes made 1900 pounds on
nineteen acres and sold at So. 20.
On the wind-swept hilltops
near Bronco, ]. W. Owens raised
crop from a small acreage
which he sold for $3.50 cash, He
has quite a bunch of cattle, but
he says the bean beats the long
horned COW every time.
Ira Collins planted what he
called a patch" and sold his
crop for 1920 cash.
Julian Chavez put $3.50 cash in
the bank from fifty acres, which
he says was poor stand, and
saws he raised enough corn and
other crops to pay all his debts
and keep for another year.
F. @. Imboden, who farms on
a large scale, threshed 20, 900
pounds and sold at 1926. He
says his acreage was so small
that he hardly realized he had
anu haans nlanted.