El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-21

farmers, solving their problems for
them and studying conditions where
successes lave been made so that he
can advise others. once every few
weeks, other experts Of the United
States agricultural department viii
join him in the work and give the bene-
fit Of their knowledge along special
lines to the local demonstrated and the
farmers Of the valley. one day a week.
Mr.. Graham Will remain Ia his office
IN the chamber Of where he
VIII meet the farmers and people Of
Ell PasO as well.
Mr.. Graham goes into office with the
enthusiastic backing of the irrigation
and agricultural committee of the
chamber Of commerce.. and this com
mittee is composed largely Of land
owners and practical farmers Mr.. Lee
Baron himself owns much valley land
and is operating farms in several sec
tons. So does Chas. B. teven an
other member. James A. Smith. an
other member Of the committee. IS a
pioneer valley farmer, dairyman and
rrlgatiOnist and there is little about
farming that he does not know sam G.
Gillette is another practical farmer and
dalryman, with a hog ranch and dairy
farm north Of FL PasO that has kept
pace with every Modern development.
MI Gillette had one Of the first silos
IN the Fl Baso valley. Mark Cadwal-
iader. another member of the commit
tee, is considered an expert horticul-
Iurlst and Is also a dairy farmer. Davis
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turalist and farmer. G. A. Martin and
Wyche Greer. the other two members.
are both newspaper =sG.
To Make Farms Profitable.
The entire committee is interested
deeply in helping to develop the valley
ana the one dominating sentiment OF
al meetings is that farming must be
made profitable in the FL PasO valley"
An effort is being made by the cham
Der Of commerce to bring in new farm
ers and it is the purpose Of this com
mittee to prepare the way and have.
everything ready; 10 be able to say 70 a
man Now, you can take this piece of
land and do so and so with IL. In so
many years IL viii bring YOU so many
dollars net per acre if you do so and
So h committee wants TO be able
to say this au~thoritatively; 10 know
that when a new arrival is told what
he can do, hat he can do il. his. the
committee is certain, will not only sat
ts1y the man originally dealt with. but
when he succeeds. he viii write back
TO all his friends.
4 want a man to say. after he has
settled here" said Mr.. LeBaron. that
we did not misrepresent our lands- that
what we told him he could do. he did
Such a man VIII write back TO his
friends and they too will come. We
can never get anywhere in settling this
valley without telling the uruth and
the truth is enough. Farmers can
nan luOAEE mere LnEL can make L0L=
tunes here if they plant the right crops.
grow them in the right way and mar
ket them properly. It is to learn just
what crops are best. just how to plant
them. how TO utilize them to best adj
vantage after they have marured. that
We are securing this farm advisor. 7
believe it is the biggest step ever
taken for the population Of the valley
with a population that viii come here
n stay"
Real estate nen annraei,ffD- the
sincerity Of the work Of Mr.. LeBaron's
committee, are cooperating n Mr.. Lee
Baron believes that the prosperity Of
the valley will be reflected within the
work
To Help in Marketing.
Another plan which the committee
close to its heart is that Of market ,
ing local products. Valley farmers have I
often complained of lack Of a market
for their stuff Organization is ex-
pected to remedy this and the commit
tee is going to get to work organizing
the farmers. They will be taught how
to harvest their crops and preserve the
harvest in the most marketable shape;
how 10 pack them for shipment. etc l
will also be formed into various I
associations and each association will
some particular valley product !
For instance, h pear growers viii be
organized. They Will get down to bust /
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pears they will have 10 ship; !
they vii be ready. and then will
to place them. either locally or !
in some other market. In this way
they will be easily placed. in carload
lots, properly assorted and packed. In
the past. every man has tried TO mar
his own pears, as an individual In :
cases, little and big pears have
been packed in the same crates; like
wise ripe and unripe ones Some grow
ers AVE had less than carload lots, I
have had more. Each man took a
chance on finding a market when his
was ready 10 sell. The result was
nobody made any money. Organ I
the pear industry alone viii be a big
All Branches to Organize. (
The grape growers, the celery grow
ers. the asparagus growers, the straw
berry growers. the peach growers. can
growers and others will be or
gained in the same way One man
belong to all the organizations II
the products for which organizations .
formed The farm demonstration
and the experts who will visit him
from time to time will supply details
Of organization, shipping, packing and
marketing.
To teach the farmers that systematic
and scientific cultivation PAYS. the |
farm demonstration will select several /
farms throughout the valley for expert
purposes and some particular /
crop will be worked under his direction
on each OF the farms selected. On one I
farm the owner may wish to raise can
t~alOupes, on another it may be pears,
on another cucumbers. and so on Each
farm owner or operator must agree TO
work his plot absolutely as the demon
tells him. Other farmers will
watch the progress OF the culti-
and note the result Mr. era
ham win apply all his expert and tech