Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

remain in the possession OF this q
Could anything I've more conducive M,
suhstanilntIon OF the claim Of the great.
est wheat shipping station IN the state
of Texas than comparative figures:
In the year 1905 the community rails.
ID and shipped sixty thousand bushels
OF wheat.
In the year 1914 the shipments are
recorded at seven hundred and fifty
/ thousand bushels.
/ In the year 1920 the record shows
/ Yield 81 one million two hundred thou.
sand bushels
Nor does this mean that the ship.
mcnt ~ wheat defines totally the grain
, output ~ this community: Kaffir. maize
fc,criia. oats. barley and rye are meas
urcd by many thousand bushels annu.
ally. In addition 10 these there are
most excellent yields from the numer.
Gus haying crops adapted TO this highly
favored country
In making an estimate OF pampa II
must h. remembered that Il II the sen.
ter ~ dry farming" section. and
must not be- confused with those terri.
tories having irrigation by pumping.
. This fact carries with Il assurances Of
profitable Yields on lands tina, are not
hirhly priced. The Pampl country has
no quarrel with the irrigated sections
u simply isn't one u them. and wants
TO he understood ne offering no suggcs
ton ~ the possibilities OF irrigation. ON
the contrary, Il Is a dry land sec
ton, and as such has never had crop
failure.
ON more than che occasion, the crops
grown on the now land have shown rc
turns sufficiently great to pay the rur.
chase price IT the areas from which
they were harvested. Numerous enter
prising men and women have invested
IN pamua country lands. buying them
for the most part ON a credit. and
within a remarkably short time have
had them paid Tor from the crops grown
B on them.
The pampa country II really the Land
Of Promise and that too with a Ger.
. tcirty ~ fulfillmcnt. During the pas,
/ twelve years-years In which this sec.
tiun has attracted attention OF wheat
men ~ the entire United States. the
| yields have been dependable and range
from the lowest registration twelve
/ years ago at 10000 bushels up To two
millions tySp hundred and twenty-five
thousand Bushels In 1912 the areas be.
Ing taxed with the task OF helping to
feed the world just after the war.
II would be interesting In this coh
ncctiOn To note that the record show
wheat production 20 have reached for
y'fiyc bushels per acre az maximum
and that nnts showed per acre ono
hundred and twenty five bushels at tho
highest
In view ~ the value Of these lands
y. wheat producers, the farmers Of thu
rampa country are studying ways AMI
means OF soil conservation. They real.
lie that In order 90 hold the high yields
~ wheat, oats and other grains, the,
mus; not commit the all too common
folly uf draining the lands Of their Ter
tility. In confederation ~ the value a.
study and the proper guidance. they
urc awaiting themselves of the help of
tered through the excellent cxtcnsloI
services of the United States Depart
mcnt 81 Agriculture In cooperation
with the Agricultural and Mechanical
College IL Texas They are reading the
great farm papers and such bulletins
M have bearing ON and are adaptable
a. the conditions prevailing here.
ln q word. the pampa wheat farmer
IN man Of intelligence who does not
propose. as the price ut his indifference
A. a. IL t.l.
depend In maintaining the reputation
~ Pampa as the greatest grain shipping
station In Texas. and also his incum.
~ grain farmer. The slip'shOd meth
dds u the earlier days IL thing II the
past. aud. In the pampa country grain
growing ~ being reduced 10 a science
The preparation ofthc land. the sowing
Of the seed. the culture.trcatmcnt Of
the land between the Gedlng and harv.
est, are al matters OF the inlnutcst and
the greatest importance.
! Luck IN the element upon which the
carly planters largely relied. while at
present II IL the most negligible of oil
! the considerations The superstition %
| luck enters hut remotely into thn
/ great game ~ dependable productio'
Plucl, has proven itself winner and
having dono 50. u IA accorded n high
rlaoo in tho esteem Of the country.
Then come the methods, tho seeding.
tho general handling. all NJ vital AMI
/ important considerations In connection
with the work n tho planter and pro.
dUccr - the greatest wheat Yields IN
/ the country.
II the man who wants home VIII
look over the inducements Of tho Pam
"a Country there can he little doubt
that he will locate ore. This In 60
scntially the land ~ homes. II Is ablo
10 support tho mand that too In man
nor that win appeal 10 the most exact.
Ing. The lands yield cxtravagantly,
and the crops have borne good prices
When the time comes FOR the change
Of the method of farming. the time for
the transformation of some OF tho
more bulky feeds and the more cheap.
" priced grains through the hen and
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