El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-07
Prof. Luther Foster Tells
Farmers Congress New
Mexico is Best State.


state College. \. NJ, Jan. There
IS no better country in the world than
New Mexico for feeding winter lambs
or producing spring lambs" declared
Prof Luther Foster in addressing the
New Mexico Farmers congress. He
wants every farmer to have a bunch
or Shropshires if for nothing else than
10 clean UP the weeds atinS up the
pasture and forage that otherwise
would be wasted. and to furnish spring
lamb for the local market This ap-
plies not only to the irrigation dis
tricts. but also to the dgy farming
sections. for while in the irrigated dis
tricts, alfalfa and corn are the logical
feed. in the dry farming districts even
better results and greater profit have
been obtained by feeding COW pea hay
and cotton seed meal.
Prof Foster believes the day is pas
sing when the overfed lamb viii be
demanded. and that the moderately fed
lamb viii be in demand And it is
there that New Mexico Will shine for
even at a margin of only tWoscents
2 pound between buying and selling
price. there is a direct profit, not to
speak Of the indirect profit Of return
ing plant food to the soil and getting
rid OF the weeds Silage is a cheap
food but damaged wheat and roUghage
are also excellent Expensive build
1ngs and outfit are not needed for fat
tening lambs, for the lamb is fitted
by nature for outdoor feeding and eX-
periments show that he sWeats and
frets in closed barns and does not do
as we'll as in open sheds Give the
lamb all II viii eat and two pounds
2 week is a good average gain. al
though almost three pounds a week
has been obtained in some experiments.
Crop Disposal and Standardization.
Two talks Of immediate importance
to the farming interests Of New Mex
ico were made by r. $. Trumbull, of
the FL PasO and Southwestern, and
". H Olin, of the Denver and Rio
Grande. Mr.. Trumbull advocated the
raising OF staple crops for every acre
OF truck. or fruit or cantaloupes in
New Mexico, he would put out a hun
dred acres Of staples, although he
would at the same time diversity and
add livestock He repeated his demand
Tor cheaper land and warned against
the initiation OF land values, telling OF
farms in the east that 40 years ago
brought 800 an acre and can now be
bought for less than $50 an acre; of
fruit lands in Colorado held four years
ago at $500 an acre, on which the fruit
trees have been cut down and the land
planted to alfalfa.
He advocated farm organization and
said the reason that so many farmers
do not stay hitched in rural organiza-
tons IS that they do not have their
own farm and farm work organized.
Bookkeeping is as essential on the
farm under modern conditions as il is
IN the Dank OrEne grocery store.
Cart Before the Horse.
To insist that a creamery. a beet
sugar factory, a packing house are
needed before the farmer can profit
ably engage in dairying. sugar beet
growing and fattening Of hogs. he said
is putting the cart before the horse.
When a section begins 10 grow enough
Of these to make the establishment of
creamerIes, sugar factories and pack
ing houses profitable, these will come.
They often come even before that point
is reached. He told of a creamery in
the PecOs Valley, yet thermajority OF
the Pecos Valley farmers continue TO
send their cream to Wichita. Kas. Sim
itarly IN Quay county. most Of the milk [
and cream is shipped TO Kansas City I
instead OF to the local creamery.
He insisted that under ordinary cir !
Cnmstauces Il pays better 10 raise 100 Z
bushels OF wheat on four acres than I
10 grow il on only one acre. at least, !
IS long as land IS as plentiful as il is 4
in the west It is the-law of diminishing I
returns. He SPOKE OF the indian who I
after 30 years of refined city life, 4
returned 10 his Itepee remarking- Civ !
ilization isn't worth the trouble"
D1scredifs Forty Acres and n Living. :
County agent p y. Southworth, of /
neming, minated that the slogan.
Forty acres and a. living hasN beeu I
discredited by experience. He added /
that the tariff bugaboo has been ex-
ploded by the high prices for wool and (
sheep that now prevail and the Argen-
tine beef buSabOO by the phenomenal /
uuotations for cattle. To his query
whether It pays the farmer to buy
dairy cattle and steers for feeding at
present high prices. Capt Thos Frank
lin. Of Fl Paso. answered decidedly in
the affirmative as far as dairy cattle I
are concerned, and a big cattle grow
or, as far as steers for feeding are
concerned.
superior Quality Pays. says DIN.
At the rate of zoe words a minute
FOR an hour. ". II. Olin convinced his
hearers that it pays to mix brains and /
sweat with his farm work. The first
thing the new settler should do is to I
write or 90 to the agricultural college
in his state 10 learn what crops are |
best adapted 10 his lands and markets"
The "HOg That wouldn't Get Sick
In the afternoon a hog cholera dem