Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-01-19

smew-ths-ssass-4sr -hey.Ufe ner than
every two years, as II q Auires 81
much longer time for il : CONG, w
after the joints of the stem have been
cut off.
Last year Mr.. Bernwic says his
fuel oil cost him $1.5p er acre,
which cost this year will E greater
on account of the propprti nate high
! cost of oil. lie runs a l9-l4rsep0wer
Slower engine. and has h u. 2 pump
which will deliver from | 9 to 200
gallons of water per milbte. His
crops this year were raised ut an ir-
rigaiion expense of from ~ 80 to
$500 per acre. Il is his iI3eniion to
next year put in anothe4 pumping
plant of like capacity p G one he
has now. installing this new bump in u
different location where ,tsvill serve
to irrigate alfalfa, which, while, re-.
quiring n large amount of later, Mr..
Berwick feels will be = paying
proposition, rs he plans on oiig into
the dairy business on a much larger
scale.
During the season of 1916 Mr..
Berwick raised S400 worth of to-
matoes ON three acres, and five acres
of frijoles netted him $40 per acre.
He believes, however, that the crop
to raise for the greatest profit is
katfir corn. He allows the corn to
head and then grinds il in the head
for feed, and then turns stock on the
stubble. He planted four or five
acres To milo maize, and also raised
some fcterita, which he considers
about equal To maize IN value, but
he says that the kaffir corn is higher
in value than either one, per acre,
rs stock feed, although it takes a
longer season to produce it.
II have raised the best Indian
corn this year that ! have ever
grown" says Mr.. Berwick, and he
stated that he had put it all into
ensilage in the silo, mixing Indian
corn and sorghum, two wagons being
used, one bringing Indian corn and
the other sorghum, making a mixture
of the two. In using sorghum for
ensilage il is better to allow it to
ripen well, thus lessening the amount
of acid Some of Mr.. Bernwick'-
ncighbors have already used some of |
their ensilage, and state that they
never saw il in finer condition.
One interesting feature of Mr..
Bernwick's story is that when he be-
gan farming in New Mexico three
years ago he bought some Early Tri-
umph potatoes to plant, and on the
way home one of his neighbors told
him that he had better eat the pota-
toes because potatoes would not
grow in this country lie did not fol-
low his neighbours advice however,
but planted the potatoes and raised n
good crop that year. and has hal
good yield of potatoes each year
since. Many of his neighbor farmers
have since been raising potatoes sue
cessfully.
Mr. Berwick has small bunch
of hogs which are doing finely. and
he also keeps few chickens, hat
live entirely on the waste, requiring
no special food whatever, and he
from three to six dozen eggs
per week, above what is consumed by
the family. at price of 60 cents per
dozen.
Speaking of his experiment with
fruit trees. Mr.. Berwick says tina,
he has not been successful IN raising |
apples. lie attributes this condition ,
10 the lack of cold winters. Pears .
thrive well, and New Mexico peaches {
IRE immense. Ii
Mr.. Berwick added that one of
lis neighbors rented three acres of
and 10 be planted to tomatoes. and
,fier paving all the expense of irri-
cation his half of the tomato crop d
sold for $40 per acre, v
With such farmers as Mr.. Bern u
yick operating in New Mexico, verify
hall the desert he made to blossom U
- the rose, and the waste places be Il