El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-11
FARM DAY DOWN THE VALLEY
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENJOYABLE
Speakers Urge War on johnson Grass, Telling of Ways
to Get Rid Of It. Band and Orchestra Furnish Music;
Many Appear the Program; Giron's Grove
Ideal for Pienic Many FL Pasoans Attend.

county is ready to cut the Johnson
grass and keep it cut from the roads
whenever you farmers will cut il
from your farms, but there is no use
cutting il in the roads II you let it
grow up and scatter from your farms
and ditch banks. II you really want
TO set rid OF your Johnson grass,
have the remedy. Use on your land
the same hair restorer I have been
using on my head"
w J. Stahmann. also talking on
the subject Of Johnson grass, said
the only way to keep il out Of the
valley or to get rid OF it on a farm
is to dig it up and keep it dug up"
get rid Of it, but that constant plow-
ing, lightly, not deeply, would kill
il eventually. When Johnson grass
is turned over by the plow. he said,
the roots viii die in the sun. Then
another blowing viii kill them
further down and so on.
Government VIII Help.
The statement was also made at
the meeting that blowing this way.
which exposes the roots OF the grass
to the sun, would cause the roots TO
sour and rot all the way down into
the ground
Davis Porcher. president Of the
farm bureau, made a short talk on
the value Of organizing and getting
together once in awhile TO talk over
farm problems. and introduced the
various speakers Rowland HarWell.
head OF the agricultural department
OF the chamber OF comm cree. intro
duced Mr.. Porcher and looked after
things generally. IL having been
through the fundamentally OF Mr..
Harwen that the meeting was ar
ranged.
L. n. Lawson. project manager Of
the Elephant Butte project, was
among the speakers and said the
reclamation service would cooperate
with the farmers in killing Johnson
grass along the bitches, but that
there was little use in killing it
along the bitches as long as the
fields are full Of it. He recognized
the Johnson grass evil as one OF the
worst the farmers have to contend
with
Entertainment Provided.
SandWiched in between the speeches
were songs and entertainment fur
nished under direction OF Mr.. Har-
wei. by the FL Paso chamber Of
commerce
Miss Lois Shaw sang FL PasO Is
Calling You" and Miss Zita Payne
sang two songs in Spanish.
The meeting was held in beauu-
ful grove on the old Giron homestead,
about z mile southeast Of San Eliza
ito and farmers and their families
from all over the valley ATTENDED
san Elizario virtually closed up for
the day so that its citizens could at
tend
Free barhecued meat, bread, pic
lSles and coffee We're served TO every
body at noon and the people drank
60 cases Of Tri-State beverage before
two o'clock in the afternoon
Celebration n Mig Success
A platform had been erected for
the speakers, and for dancing which
followed. and scores Of benches were
erected under the trees for the peo-
pie to occupy and listen TO the
speakers and the music Of the eth
cavalry band, which was taken down
from FL Paso in a big motor bus A
Mexican orchestra furnished the
dance music
Practically all officials OF the
chamber OF commerce and Of FL Paso
county were present Among those !
NOT mentioned above there were