El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-12
NEW FARM DEMONSTRATORS CAN
HELP MAKE THESE FARMS PAY

THE right course has been taken in securing farm demon
strator for this county and IN the person Of Roland
HarWe Of State College New Mexico it is believed farm
demonstration has been found who is thoroughly conveTant
with local crops climatic conditions and the markets This
removes Of the difficulties often faced when agrlcu-
tura experts find themselves faced by conditions with which
they wholly unfamiliar Mr. Harwel ought to be able
to get results and the chamber Of commerce. the county and
the state agricultural college which have combined to en-
gage him and pay him his salary Of $500 month naturally
expect him to do
At the outset there is no disposition to tel the farm
demonstration what he shall do and how he shall do it. but
there few outstanding facts which everyone here
zes and which may suggest themselves to him furnish
ing definite detectives for his efforts
The principal thing here and everywhere is to make the
farm pay and the farm demonstration VIII have most
any locality who so advises and instructs the farmers
that they get cash returns from their farms than
before An enlarged bank is the ultimate
better farming Besides producing and better food
stuffs and feeds here farmers want to make living
meet their interest get the principal paid of and put money
N the bank. An that can't be accomplished in year.
perhaps but good start be made In the right direction
Many crops be raised here but the man with ten
acres would not necessarily raise the same crop as the man
with 40 the man with 40 the crop the
with quarter section Difference in soils and distance
from market are other factors farm demonstration
much by studying individual conditions and finding out
for farmer what his soil his acreage can produce to
bring him the most money and then how to raise it to get
the best yield the idea being to help make money for
those farmers who earning hardly than living.
Some Of then also need to lean great deal about
Irrigation. me tendency n an lgated regions Is to use
twice OF three times as much water as the crops actually
need Too much bad for the ground too little is
bad for the crops We're the water used udcously
there would Be less drowned acreage and better crops and
The total water supply would be available for acreage
than at present In this southwestern country irrigation
essential factor n crop production and the farm
demonstration doubtless prepared to give the farmers the
fu benefit Of his knowledge Of how best to the water
Raising crops only half the problem here The other
half is selling them Marketing is Of the local diff
eues, strange that may IN view Of the fact that
most Of what consume is shipped 500 miles more.
The difficulty is in supplying the market regularly and with
produce Of good grade and that problem applies to every
thing from grain to garden stuff City dealers have to
have regular supplies Of good grade Failing to obtain them
llcay they have TO make contracts elsewhere far
away the Pacific coast An association Of farmers may
be the solution Of this problem the association making
for such supplies they viii be able to furnish and
then seeing that the orders filled promptly and regu
larry That has been done elsewhere with satisfactory re-
suits Otherwise farmers have Lad TO give up time which
could III from their farms species Of peddng
and their produce for less than it ought bring That
IS way Of losing money. It is better to have