The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-05-27
IN INDIANA MAN Tells
OF WESTERN CANADA
He Is Perfectly Satisfied, and
Tells Of His Neighbors Who
Have Done Well.

Walter Harris, formerly lived near
Julietta in Warren townrhip, Indiana.
He now lives at Hussar, Alberta. In
writing to his home paper In Indiana,
he says that the failure ia the man
who always blames the country. He
fails TO see his W mistakes, has
missed his calling and Is not fitted
for farming. The two seasons Just
past have BEEN entirely different. In
1913 plenty OF rain came In June and
a go. crop followed, but the fall was
dry and but little snow In the winter
followed by a very dry summer. and q
short crop. Only those that had
farmed their land properly were able
to meet expenses.
For example. last year the Crow.
foot Farming Company, south OF
here, threshed from 1850 acres 49,.
600 bushels OF wheat. one.half section
made 20 bushels, the poorest OF all.
This year on 1850 acres they threshed
nearly 10000 bushels. Last years
crop sold at rs cents from thair own
elevator. What they have sold OF
this years crop brought 800 at
threshing time. Eight thousand bush.
els unsold would bring now around
s1.25. The manager and part owner
was raised in Ohio and farmed In
Washington several years. He and
his wife spent last winter In Ohio.
She told me a few days ago that the
climate here was much better than
Ohio. ,
A man by the lame OF George Clark
threshed 20 bushels OF oats, 20 bush
els Of barley and 35 bushels Of wheat
to the acre. He had $4,000 bushels OF
old oats as well as wheat and barley
In his granaries that have almost
doubled In price. He came from
Washington, where he sold a large
body OF land around 5000 that he
bought around $500 per ere He then
refers to a failure. A large company
in the eastern states, owning q large
farm near Hussar pays its manager
$4,000 q year. The farm has not
been q success. Probably the man
ayers fault. Mr.. Harris says condi
tons are not as good as could be
wished for, but on the ending OF the
war good crops. with al prices, will
certainly change conditions. and II
seems to me that the n who owns
land that will raise 100 bushels Of
oats. rs bushels OF barley or 40 bush
els OF wheat Is the one who laughs
last"
The above yields may seem exag
CREATIONS to many, and are far above
the average, but you should remember
that the man who fails is counted II
TO make the average, and there ar,
instances on record here that woult
far exceed the above figures.
Nor Is grain the only proftabl,
thing that can be raised here. Their,
are many fine horse ranches. some o
them stocked with cayuses and bret
TO thoroughbreds, and others import
ed from the old countries. They rur
on the range nearly all the year. Tn,
owners put up wild hay to feed then
n the snow should get too deep foI
them to get the dead grass. Their,
are several hundred In sight OF her,
most OF the time. There are severa
cattle ranches north OF here that hav,
from 500 TO 1000 head OF cattle. On,
man ] know sold $45, 900 worth OF IA
cattle this fall. He winters his cat
tie on farms where they have lots o
straw and water, paying rs cents
month per head. or II there Is enough
straw to winter 400 or 500 head the!
buy the straw and water and nave
man 10 look after the cattle.-Adver
tisement.