Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-06-17
M. A. Maloney of T,ucv

couipahled by MISS Hubbard O1
the same place, was in Estancis
on business Tuesday,
Edwin Garvin and cousin, who
have been in Kentucky for q
year or more, came in Wednes.
day Of last week for visit with
the Garvin family. Probably
they will remain till about the
last Of July.
j. A. league, one of the new
settlers in the vicinity Of Mount
ainair, is starting right. He has
a good bunch of cattle, including
a number of good milk cows, and
is making, butter. He also de-
votes good share of his time to
poultry, and is having good sue
cess in that line.
j. W. Walker Of Lucy is the
second man in the county to
adopt the silo idea. He has
started a silo which he will finish
in time to put feed in for his
cows for the winter. Mr.. Walk
er is devoting his attention to
dairying and poultry and is get
ting very satisfactory returns.
Mr., Baldwin, whose home was
near Moriarty, died Sunday night.
He was an old settler, and came
here an invalid, but it was
thought had practically recov-
cred. Some time ago, however,
he engaged in dairy work at or
near Santa Fe, and it is thought
that the steam and dampness in
cident to this work started a re-
lapse.
The N. NJ. G. put new sched-
lle into effect Sunday. The
southbound train is now due to
arrive here at 7:35 and depart at
3:05 in the evening. The north
bound is due at $50 in the fore
noon. The trains make better
connections both at Torrance
and Kennedy than under the
previous schedule. The new
time card is printed elsewhere
n this paper.
L. P. Walter, head Of the Wal
;er Company at Negra, spent a
couple of days here this week.
He bought about thirty head of
,attle of Henry Cox, Rev, Grant |
and Ben Stripliu. The cattle
will be driven to Lucy and de-
ivered to him there. He also
bought a car Of lumber for the
at Negca. Mr.. Walter
that many cattle men
n the vicinity Of Negra are
building shelters for their cattle
% protect them at stormy times
n the winter.
Wednesday July 21 at Chautau-
qua will be Torrance county day,
he Torrance County Develop
nent Association having the
natter in charge. Hon. Ralph
;. Ely will arrange and take
,harge of the platform part of
he program and the other feat
Tres of the days exercises will
)e under the management of j.
". Davis of Moriarty, an en-
husiastic booster and an ex-
,erienced executive in matters
If this kind, Torrance county
lay last year was a winner and
t is proposed to make it a per
nanent Chautauqua feature.
E. L. Smith says that crops on
lis place near Cedarvale were
lever finer, and he has sustained |
10 damage by cut worms. He
)lowed deep, furrowed his
ground and planted row crops in
he furrows, then dragged and |
narrowed so that when the plants
came through the ground the
ields were practically level, and
hey were deeply rooted. The
'ew stalks of corn that were cut |
IF by the cut worms did not die,
)ut continued to grow.
There are some very peculiar |
hings about this cut worm bus
ness. C, L. Riley is one Of the
farmers who sustained no dam
.ge whatever from this cause.
lie turned most of his ground |
asst fall, and kept the balance of
t perfectly clean. On the other
land 0. C. Loveless, who plant
ID his corn on perfectly clean
ground and worked it well, lost
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