Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1915-09-23

uoy "oo q ho"hhS ooSSSooJ
use a familiar expression, an
County Agent Harwell, who hs
worked hard in the matter, d.
serves great credit for the plar
ming of the work and workin
of the plan.
A very conservative estimat
places the number of people i
attendance as two hundred an
fifty. At one time there wer
parked on the meadow, surround
ing the speakers platform, TWEEN
ty-four automobiles, and twenty
eight buggies and rigs of variou
kinds were counted hitched alonl
the fences, adjacent. AS sew
eral of the autos made repeated
trips to Estancia to bring ou
more people, and some carried al
high as ten passengers at trip
it can be seen that our figures
are not exaggerated.
1t was a jolly old-time farmers
picnic from start to finish. But
it was not all picnic-there was
more to it in numerous ways.
The close attention of the audi
tors, the questions asked, and
the interest manifest went to
prove that the farmers were not
there for play alone.
Prof. Latta, leading in the
dairying with the department of
agriculture, started the ball roll.
ing, by talking along the line of
dairy cattle, and using some of
the Milbourn cows as examples,
showed what constituted a good
dairy animal, what points to look
for in selecting good milk pro-
ducer and what to avoid.
Mr.. Johnson, assistant farm
demonstration for the Santa Fe
from Amarillo, and Mr.. Trum.
bull, farm demonstrator of the
Southwestern, with headquar-
ters at Ell Paso, were then in
troduced and talked to the farm
ers on topics in which all showed
their deep interest, as silos and
ensilage, how to construct them
and what crops to use in filling
them; quantities to feed various
animals; poultry growing; CO.
operation among the farmers in
building silos and using machin
cry in filling them; costs of build
ing silos, etc. To report the
good things mentioned we would
have had.to.have been a very ex-
pert stenographer, and have
published steen pages of this is
sue. Mr.. Harwell told of the
use of explosives in digging silos,
and assured the farmers that the
necessary cement for the con-
struction could be secured at
reasonable rates, the local mer-
chants of the county having
agreed to assist the farmers in
this matter.
While the crowd was being en-
tertained by the addresses, Mrs.
Harwell, assisted by a coterie OF
ladies', men and boys, started
things in another line. Fires
were built and an immense iron
kettle was arranged in which to
boil the corn for the feed which
was to come. The kettle was
filled to capacity with ears OF
corn, while two five gallon cans
were filled with water and set
over another fire for coffee. No
sooner was recess announced by
the speakers. than willing hands
were offered for the distribution
of corn and coffee among the
guests. If anyone failed to get
enough to eat we did not hear OF
it, but we did hear of several
who had plenty left over.
FILLING THE SILOS
The work of filling the silos
went merrily on all day long. A
four horse team was cutting and
binding the corn. Two big
teams brought huge loads of
green fodder from the fields,
which were fed in a steady
stream into the Unsuitable NAV
of the cutting machine. driven
by gasoline power. From the
amount of corn, milo and kaffir
in the fields, there would be suf-
ficient to fill a number of silos
the capacity of these.
COST OF THE SILOS
Mr.. Milbourn has kent an &C.