El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-04
ACE AND YOUTH
SEEK KNOWLEDGE
Men of 20 and Children of Z
Sit Side By Side in the
Farmers Week Meet.

State College, y. NJ Jan. Seventy
year old men going to College? Seven
year old boys sitting on the same
bench with them and drinking in the
knowledge Of an expert? This seem
ing miracle can be observed at Farm
ers' Week, which opened Monday at
the New Mexico College Of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts. What is more. the
lessons taught there. it is confidently
believed will bring enormous dividends,
even this year, in the state. and in
time TO come will transform the com
monwealth into one OF the richest Of
the union
President Ladd Strikes Keynote.
DR.. George q Ladd. VINO made the
welcoming address. struck the key
note in his opening address It was
service adopted TO the needs of the
people OF the cOmmOnW ealth. My
aim is to make this college the great
est man-made asset of the common
wealth he declared. He outlined
plans already under way and even
more far-reaching plans for the fu-
ME that the greatest work any legis-
laJure, any party, any government can
DO Tor the people and the state, is to
help the people make a living from
the soil To make rural life more at
tractive, farming and stock raising
more profitable. to utilize every
available acre OF soil in the best
manner and to the best purpose science
aha experience can discover, are the
very work that the College IS doing
and mat is making it a peoples college
IN the real sense Of the term
Agricultural Survey.
lie outlined the experiments inauG-
uraled IN sugar beet planting, spoke
Of the need of a poultry expert, a state
veterinarian and most of ALL an agri-
cultural survey of the state An ap-
preparation from the legislature for
this IS the need Of the hour he de-
elared- The United States government
and state governments have spent i'm
mense sums for geological surveys
the past 90 years but the most impor-
tant survey of all, an agricultural sur
Yey, has not been made and yet. it /
would be an investment that would pay
tremendously, especially If the knowl-
edge gained could be made available
TO the people through channels Of pub
LEFTY.
Sugar Beets and Onions.
Director Fabian Garcia. of the Ex-
pertinent station, made a common sense
talk on sugar beets and onions, as
adapted TO the southern and lower por-
tons of the state. He pointed out that !
the best sugar beets are raised in the
higher and cooler valleys of northern
New Mexico, but he hoped 10 eQualize
this advantage through experiments he
is now conducting and in cooperation I
to plant the beets earlier, even in fall !
so that they would mature before the
hot weather sets in. This has been
done successfully with table beets and l
other cool climate crops like onions !
and cabbage. He emphasized how by [
planting onions early. fewer culls and I
more bulbs are obtained in the Mesilla I
valley and similarly situated regions !
EpOehmaking Experiments.
Professor Garcia ana DR.. Ladd spoke |
detail of pVnnrfmnnrc that q I
be made shortly to adapt SOudsn grass I
to New Mexico range conditions They
have high hopes Of making ranges that !
now support only one steer per acre |
TO yield sustenance for four. if their !
experiment Of sowing Soudan grass on
selected areas succeeds. They desire !
the cooperation, interest and friendship |
Of the stOckmen. 1t will be the last !
word on the adaptability of this drOuth |
resisting grass TO ranges with mini I
mum rain fail. such as exist in Grant
Luna, Dona Ana and other counties.
Chicken Raising Mans Job.
That chicken raising is a mans job !
was the dictum Of one OF the speakers,
when r $. Trumbull. agricultural dem
onstrator Of the FL Paso and South
western, said that on many a farm
the farm wife and children cleared !
S950 a year from SEQ chickens. How
ever. he added. the work must be done
right An interesting discussion is
promised when the subject comes up
again on Wednesday.
Lesson for Dry Farmers.
We must farm for the bad years
the dry years" is the advice H. NJ
Banner gave New Mexico dry farmers.
He promised them good crops even in
wet years il they kept this in mind
and planted their drouth resisting
crops thinly He advised rotation, di-
version and sowing and planting at
successive times instead of all at once.
He described feterita and Soudan grass
as the most valuable crops thus far
studied especially for dry farmers at
5uo0 and less altitude in New Mexico
Stamping Out Hog Cholera.
Dr. J. Z. Gibson. Of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry, gave a talk on hog
cholera. that should be made worth
thousands to the state The hog IS
the greatest friend the farmer has.
he declared. with the exception OF
cotton. the hog has cleared more mort
cages and made more money for the
farmers Of the United States, than any
other product. Here in New Mexico 1t
will eventually prove your greatest
money maker. It has transformed some
or the most poverty stricken farming
districts in the country into regions
Of wealth, in which the hog ralsers
ride around in high tone automoblles
and live in fine mansions" DR.. Glib
son said hog cholera can be controlled,
that it can be stamped out, that II can
be prevented and there is even hope
OF finding a cure. He explained its
cause. its diffusion. and how II can De
prevented. Sanitation, IS the biggest
word in the English language IN his
opinion, when il comes to hog raising I
and he admitted that the New Mexico /
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