El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-25
PECOSP[EASES
E PASO GUESTS
Reeves Co. People Promise
To Send Big Delegation
To Exposition.
Nv GEO. H. CLEMENTS.

lTr1EaLlOn congress- LIS T 81 III -NAAs- 60
and the soil Products exposition
which will be held in FL Paso. Oct
"a TO -. and they will attend If they
meant what they said 10 the FL Paso
DELEGATION which went to Pecos last
Friday from the Reeves county fair
It is believed they did
In the vicinity of Pecos and Bar
SLOW in the Pecos valley in Texas.
there are nearly a half million acres Of
fertile land which Will eVentuailS De
brought under the pillow and made 10
produce heavily Of cotton, corn FORAGE
Pumps Probably Used.
All of This va tract IS nor sus-
ceptible of irrigation by gravity from
I the Pecos river. even II the nood
waters OF that stream were al care
fun conserved There are farmers,
Z however. now growing rich on some o.
] those lands, who are lrrisaung oy
0 means OF pumps from deep Wells anu
, producing crops which would make the
farmers of the black lands Of eastern
Texas Jealous
The farmers of the Pecos valley IN
. Texas. have great interest IN the
. questions which will be discussed at
. the irrigation and the dry farm con-
crosses Many Of them have direct
I interest in both irrigation and IN dry
R farming and for that reason VIII
E come prepared to attend botn con-
crosses well a 10 see ALlN us 30
& from both kinds Of farms which VIII De
made in the big exposition
Splendid showing Mt Fair
There never has been any DOUBT tnat
3 the land in the neighborhood OF Pecos
3 or BarstoW was capable Of producing
I good crops If properly titled ana given
an abundance of water; but in spite
: Of this showing of alfalfa, cotton Tor
age plants. including corn, and Tese-
Z tables made at the Reeves county ialr'
9 was a revelation to those VINO nave
Z been in the habit OF regarding the
4 pecos country as a cattle county Only
! The displays were direct from the
. field. too-that is TO say, had not been
grown for exhibition purposes IN
D. specially prepared ground aho 6 IHs9
g special attention with view toward
3 procuring abnormal growth tn me
: showing was that Of normal growth
! for commercial purposes viewed IN
Z that light, the agricultural section OF
! the fair was OF peculiar value 10 those
l who may have visited II with intent 10
J get line on the character OF the re-
FL Pnsoans Proffted From Trip.
Looked at from every angle, the trip
made by the FL PasO delegation 10
! Pecos last Friday. was the pest trlp
/ made by an equal number Of Il Baso
I men in many a day Those among the
! visitors who had never been In thar
/ portion Of FL Paso's trade territory De
/ fore were surprised at what Jhey saw
3 in the way OF a well built and thrifty
J CITY and those who had not been there
! i'm the past two OF three years were
+ surprised at what they saw in the way
/ Of development, particularly IN me
] agricultural districts along ooth Sloes
J Of the river, IN Reeves ana Naru
/ Were Well Received.
From the moment the FL Pasoans
p were walked from their slumbers by the
! delegation Of PecOs business men who
| called at the special car Whlch mao
/ been parked near the new depot OF tne
.
! were escorted to the same car some
: time after midnight. they were kept
! under pleasant Surveillance ana were
/ always being entertained
/ And the entertainment was not OF
I the perfunctOry kind that sometimes
has a tendency to make the recipient
! feel uncomfortable because ne fears ne
: Is trespasser upon the time OF MS
/ entertainer
II Came From the Heart.
There was a LONELINESS, using thar
word in its original or best sense, 70
/ the entertainment afforded oy the
/ people Of Pecos that put the men belnS
| entertained in the best possible spirits.
| and made them resolve that, II given
an opportunity. they would go far out
] Of their way to do a Pecos man or
| woman good turn The opportunity
! viii come when the PecoS people come
| TO FL Paso's great quadranguiar res
! tival Oct i 10 "a
There il Money in Cotton.
J While the FL Pasosns were being
! shown over the farms IN Re YES
{ county they were taken to the Gotten
( plantation Of r L. Midnight. 1e5
4 acre farm Of which 40 acres a -Tc<r
| cultivation and from which
will gather better than 100 bales Of
] cotton which. with the seed, viii sell
| for approximately $4,000.
On Both sides OF the River.
/ As on the Reeves county side OF the
! Pecos. SO on the Ward COUNT side OF
] the same stream Cotton and alfalfa
! are the staple crops now being grown
| with here and there farmer who has
! 2 fancy for feeding hogs. growing
! fruit or providing hives for countless
bees which steal carloads Of honey
T from the blossoms OF the alfalfa with
out damaging the hay crop
c. II. Leffingwell. who manages the
big Company Farms" has. on his own
{ account q acres Of peaches and grapes
Z which this year will net him hand
{ some income He grows asparagus as
I an inter crop while waiting for the
the carload The peaches and grapes
( grown are of fine qlality. as the E
/ Paso men will testify
Alfalfa Growers Make Money.
Alfalfa seed is one of the big money
/ making crops grown in the Barstow
! district The second or the third
| cutting is generally permitted to go
I 70 seed and the average yield Of seed.
! this year, was 800 pounds per acre.
/ The seed sells, this season, at from Il
| 10 Is cents per pound, and at the low
] est rs VI 2 pay me ELUh FtA an dNIC
] for that one cutting of alfalfa, while
the straw. from which the seed has
! been threashed. brings from SO to So
: a ton. In addition. the seed growers
have three OF four cuttings Of hay
and the prevailing prices are making
more money than they ever did be-
fore
Hogs Grown Extensively.
There are hog growers in the Bar
/ stow district who. in spite Of the high
/ price being paid for alfalfa hay. insist
] that il pays TO pasture hogs in their
! alfalfa fields. and prove their case by
1 showing their receipts from the Fort
! Worth market in which they are get
ting top prices for their Jersey
: Durocs which seem to be the best
strain for Barstow climatic and feed
ing conditions
Drainage System Works Well.
The FL Paso men were much inter-
ested in the success which has attended
the efforts made by the farmers and
land owners of the BarstoW district to
. reclaim several thousands Of acres Of
? their best land by means Of a system
D. Of drainage bitches The lands had
+ been overirrigated. and as a result had
J become waterlogged and "alkalied" TO
such a degree that nothing would
grow upon them