The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-30

LUNA luunly Farm anl
Livestock bureau evidently mad.
no mistake BY elccline Nc. n. D
bario 70 head the cotton project
for this county. AR. Barlo has
bevn hasy assembling mforma.
sicn ' . since he i,as taken charu.
Of this position and assumd u.
responsibilities
The following letter Is from ]. Z
Mundeli, who was superintendent
OF The governments dry farm ex-
porincnt station 81 big springs
Tex and a is given here for Ue
benefit Of those Interested In cot
ton culture IN tins county.
Mr.. Mundell owns land here and
believes IN this country.
Big SPRINGS, Tex, Jan. Q.
Mr.. n. B Darto.
Deming. n. N.
Dear Mr.. Barto:
Your recent letter received To-
day and win state that I was
slad 10 hear from you. We arc
having a cold spell now aud on the
night OF The 7th had a two-lnch
snow. Last uieht the lempcra-
turc dropped 10 : above, which
Is the coolest weather We have
had this winter.
I va very much interested in
what you had 10 say concerning The
growing Of enton 10 the DENNIS
DISTRICT. thought for some time
that cotton would be a paying
crup Ia that section. " Il Is prop
erly handled. The Durango vari-
ETY. ought 10 DO well there and has
a great deal more value than the
short staple varieties. I have been
growing This variety in the \
pcrimental plants Tor a while and
The yield has held up well with
The other varieties. A. you prob
ably already know. We have been
growing cotton at the nucumcari
dry farming station for some nina
years. This station Is situated In
Quay county, and has an elevations
OF 400 feet but will say that our.
greatest drawback al nucumcari
wa a shortage Of moisture. which
sometimes was very short in dry
years or seasons or dry months
during the spring when moisture Is
very essential IN securing a stand
Under irrigation at Deming the
moisture problem would not he a
hm"tinr factor in growing the crop.
Also Dcming has a much higher
average temperature for the grow
inF season. and for the entire year.
Here At Big Springs We fro
quentiy have a killing frnsi a. late
ns the first IT May. or about Ras-
ter. Our problem herr IN growing
is strictly, In most years. a
question Of having sufficient moist
ure 10 get the rrup up and siaried
by May I to 10. Some farmers
here this year planted cotton rs
late as June I and secured a fair
yield. These points. I believe, will
some desired Information IN
regard 10 the crop for your Sec
ton.
Recently I made a trip south oil
here some 100 miles and saw sew
eral irrigated crops along the Con-
cho river. These farms were irri-
gated by pumping the water from
the river. Several Of these fields
made from n hale IN two bales per
acre. The Durango variety would
be- my choice for planting around
Deming and also at Las Cruces. a.
! understand that they are very
much Interested IN growing cotton
IN the Messilla valley. They ex-
Get 10 put IN quite an ACREAGE
his year. AZ Carlsbad Durangof
real we this past season. In
TO price. Il Is sold at Carls-
had for 20 10 % cents a pound
more than the shorter staple varie-
les. like the Mebane or Triumph.
The latier varieties usually make
staple running from 7-e 10 fli
neh long. The Durango frequent
y produces n staple OF / rs 10 III
a inches. which tells the p~enaon [,
"r the difference IN price. &
J. W. Lewis OF Carlsbad has the
durango seed for sale. also some {
iher growers In that district. III
Would suggest that YOU write isl,
q \. Foster al Carlsbad for more 1
Attenuation about Durango seed. h
ie Is IN charge OF the irrigation o
at Carlsbad, which is under
ovefnment control. II might alsop
. we'll 10 write 10 the Arizona ex- q