El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-29
SETTLERS AL0N9 FL PAS0 AND
SOUTHWESTERN RECLAIM DESERT
Built With No Particular Aim to Develop Agricultural
Resources the Road Brought Developers Who Are
Taking Toll From Soil-Company Now Main
tains Farm Help Department.
Nv GUTHRIE SMITH.

Of pounds of farm products during the
calendar year Of 1915. An interesting
report was made by William C. Barnes,
general freight agent, for the use or
Robert P Ervien, commissioner Of the
public lands, Of the state Of New Mex
leo The report shows the volume OF
the shipment of the several products
10 have been as fOllws;
Grain-AlamOgordo $4,000 pounds
Cloudcroft. 1901; Dawson, 10000;
Deming, $4,000; Dog Canyon, 40,60O;
French. sac, 100; Hachita, $4,000; La
Luz. 10000: Mills, $4,000; MOsqueros
az. 400: Roy. 1.965.11S; Russia, 61,73S;
Solano. 29T.9S0; Tucumcari, 135,9OO;
Torrance, 74S,OOO.
-AlamOgorco. 76,319 pounds;
Capitan, 651.OSO; High Rolls. $4,000;
Mountain Park, 66S.930; TularOsa, &c.
800; Three Rivers. 59.140.
Reans-CorOna 10000 pounds: Mos
ouero. IS9. 900: French, 2,0SO; Roy,
1925. 1874; SolanO, $500.
some of Orchard Acreages.
Z can give you the orchard acreage
in the Captain, Mountain Park anu dig n
Rolls and TularOsa districts said Mr.
Trumbuu. Captain now has about
400 acres Of orchard, principally apples,
about half Of the trees now Of bearing
age. There are approximately 10000
trees on the 400 acres. The Mountain
PARK and High Rolls district has some
thing like 700 acres, with about $4,000
trees. These are principally apples,
and about half the trees are of bearing
age. The Tularosa district has between
1000 and 1900 acres in alfalfa $50 to
200 acres in orchard and 400 to 500
acres in other crops
Teaches More Remunerative Methods.
.'Our policy is to Try TO lead the farm
ers away from intensive methods, and
into the more remunerative methods
that are extensive Intensive methods
have brought about a badly congested
nwl= a#U q urzn
available and open to Us. In order to
reach the big markets, which can nan
die enormous quantities OF soil pro-
ducts. IL is necessary for US TO grow
larger quantities. anC at less cost This
belief is founded upon exhaustive study,
and is concurred in by such men as
H. NJ Cottrell, former agricultural COM
missioner Of the Rock Island lines, and
H II. Banner, who is now agricultural
demonstration for the Santa Fe lines
The surveys made by the Office OF farm
management Of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture show this con-
dition to be true. These surveys show
that the average farmers do not have
an income which is much greater than
the wage OF their hired men. The farm
units which they use are so much too
small that relatively only a few OF
them made financial successes of their
ventures.
Extensive Farming Is Best.
Where land is high. put labor cheap,
intensive cultivation is the thing This
is a condition obtained in Europe.
Where land is comparatively cheap, and
labor high. il is necessary to get into
extensive methods. In the economies
Of agriculture We have the law of di-
minishing returns. which, in substance.
means that as the yields Of crops are
increased by applications Of more in
tensive cultural methods, the cost Of
production increases more rapidlv than
do the yields, and where the yields are
forced above a certain point. the last
bushels, or other units OF production.
cost more than their market value.
There are only two districts where il
is practicable and profitable to farm in
tensively. One Of these districts COM
prises comparatively small area
around the centers Of population which
can grow the produce for the local
markets Another is q district in the