El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-26
NEED FINANCES
AND DRAINAGE
La Union Farmers to Organ
ize and Report Needs to
Commerce Chamber.

Financial assistance for their first
war crop, and a solution of the drain
: age problem in the Elephant Butte
I project must be secured If there is to
be an appreciate increase in the crop
; production Of the Rio Grande valley.
: This conclusion was reached at
: meeting OF farmers Of the upper valley
! with members OF the land and irriga-
ton committee Of the chamber of COM
| merce at the schoolhouse at La Union,
y. u, Wednesday night.
The farmers OF the upper valley will
organize Immediately, il was decided.
and. after asce-taining the Individual
needs as to financing, viii appear be-
4 fore the chamber of commerce Of FL
/ Paso with the request that that organ
! ization finance them in purchasing
seed. or arrange for them to procure
! credit 1t was intimated at the meet
ing that the chamber of commerce
. might arrange TO finance the farmers
IN the purchase Of seeds if they would
form responsible organization and
present their needs in a formal manner.
It was stated that the chamber could
not deal directly with individuals in
financing or securing seed
Solve Drainage Problem Later.
The drainage problem. il was stated.
could not be solved to any great extent
T this season II house bill 2913, now
pending, is passed by congress and be
comes law, S5.0O0.O00 will be placed
at the disposal Of government reclama-
ton projects and the drainage problem
viii be cared for from these funds.
Lack Capital For Planting.
J. r Bennett said that farmers Of his
district are willing and anxious TO
plant additional acreage, but cannot do
so because of the high price of seed
and lack of capital 10 purchase seed
and other supplies. He recommended
the suspension for the duration of the
war by the government of operation
and maintenance and storage charges
IN the Elephant Butte project
FL PasOanS Offer Assistance.
George r. LeBaron Of FL PasO, who
presided at the meeting, told the farm
ers that the Ell Pasoans were not com
ing to them to tell them what to do.
but to offer their assistance in any
manner in which 1t could be used.
W. G. Roe, chairman of the chamber
OF commerce land and irrigation com
mittee. urged each farmer TO turn over
an acre or more Of land to his son TO
cultivate in war crops.
Urges Community Organization.
L. D. Porcher outlined experiments
he had made in the lower valley, and
answered many questions of a tech
meal nature. He urged a community
organization for the cultivation of
crops, in which implements would be ,
farmers in common
L NJ Lawson, project engineer Of the
reclamation service, assured the farm
ers that the reclamation service would [
aid them IN every manner possible.
Advocates County Association.
County farm demonstration H H I
Brook Of Las Cruces urged the forrna- I
ton of a county farmers organization 4
10 assume the duties of production, /
marketing purchasing. financing.
transportation, and irrigation and /
drainage.
p c. Bailey urged that the La J
Union ditch be preferred TO the gov 1
eminent
Says Beans Need Little Wafer.
l. H. Hoskinson said that five
separate types OF bean could be raised
in the valley with little or no irriga-
ton.
P Bailey asserted that aIkaH viii
not interfere with the growth OF sugar
beets
A G. Graham, FL Paso county farm
asked the farmers of the I
district to advise him through a repre-
sentative of their needs as to financing !
and seeds. and assured them that he
would take steps to procure such !
assistance, If possible