The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-03

Farmers In the vicinity Of Clovis
are fearful that their neighborhvod
win experience a car shortage tins
summer, sincc n hamper ctop OF
wheat IN expected In The Texas pan
handle and other parts Of the south
west. Farmefa are pointing out that
if every wheal-raiscr attempts to
market his grain a. soon as u ~
thrcshcd. the railroads viii De alb
solutcly unable to cope with the ait
uutlon, although they have the situa-
ito much better In hand than last
year. Even though the railroads have
sufficient cars. II " pointed out that
II will be difficult TO secured trained
crews 10 nan the trains.
K q. Maddox. q whent-faiscr of
the Clovia ncie hhorhood. is I'm pos
session. by accident. OF twenty acres
Of the finest wheat to be found In
IN" country. lie nad ot,g',',ly
planted i60 acres 10 wheat, % later
plowcd up twenty acrcs OF IL 60 put
In corn. owing 10 the heavy raius
he was unable to pillow up the bel.
nuce. The twenty acres was planted
20 corn. but after the rains the wheat
came to llfc' and developed into
the finest field in the county. In
cidcnthliS. Mr. MaddoN claims to have
discovered u method Tor kiliuR inc
so-cnilcd blue weed" The method
consists In piling wheat straw over
the weed, and the heat developed
under the straw destroys the weed
Com stalks can also bee used In place
Of wheat straw. The plant SOME
times grows through the corn stalks.
but an examination VIII disclose that
the root Is killed
Acttcrs received by the New MeN-
leo Wool Growers association from
the Chicago wool groWcrs commission
advise farmers to ship nothing az
present but the tops Of bands, until
the feeder demand grows heavier.
The larger number Of lambs received
AT the market aud the lcsscurd de-
maud make u inadtisablc to ship uu-
an the market L. improved.
A deal has recently been completed
whereby the famous old Vaughn
ranch near Roswell has been trans
icrred into the hands OF u T. Hicks
Of Roswell Mr. Hicks is an cN-
I'ti'uDDd -rFuCnuHu 70 wul uu-
dnuhtcdly make e. success of the fine
ranch The ranch WIS tlsu we'll
known ta the 4. s. Httymnn ranch.
\ heavy rain OF short duration did
much dtmtg, Co crops iu the vicinity
OF clovis. especially to tho north. The
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hiCh damaged crops poo some farms
10 % lHrEc -,tvri tight head of stock
owned hS j. - Tow" were Killed by
liEItuluL.
A. au cs,dpuoo of lh, r,pid growth
of farming Toe Sew Mexico 10 is iU-
trr"-fiuE 90 compare the appearance
~ fnD country hotw,au clovis md
Amarillo. with 'he a-pprtfauU, of .Hr
same district UN. year. $50 I.r
years rgo uu farming ou % lnfg, 1ie
vHs attempted th,rs, 900, ,utir. dos.
triDt lriuE given over tu cattle VOW
however the country is uup .oltH
Ltttu fold, wheat aud oats ur.Ium-
mating Spmc of the fields trt r'iug
worked now. and others Will n' ready
within a few days ago.
4 hail storm which visited thp
valley below carlsbad rDHcntif totally
wiped out the crops on NOR, than
200 acres, most OF 10 hoinE planted
q" cotton Thu storm came Iu,t 80
dtrE cutting n narrow airIp atoms TIC
river i..r OF tho lurrps' nrma Zoo
The section We're included 900 an. do.
sfurfIpu. Most 81 fhu nrmrrs will
rup'1ui with corn Hnd small grains
Br.., ,HuuUr owner OF re- ranch
u,Hr Eu.iuo sent 10 second shipment
u.,uI n.tuI 500 head THIS Ia tho
second 'Ipmuut 30, htH made WtlNH
H Few Iit., having HlIup'l 4 'uu hrtd
of .''.. week h'f"r'
) usr ..urm which p, .t u,.r
NrIia tnd pant of luiou county T.,
hort tuu. uEp rtus'd dHmpgr est
matted at several huudrcd Thousand
dollars o. report says TU, storm
YpputrH 40 have STARTED u short dis.