The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-01
DROUTH RESISTING QUALITIES OF
LUBBOCK COUNTY SOIL NOTICEABLE
CONDITIONS OF CROPS DESPITE THE CONTINUED DROUTH
IN MANY SECTIONS INDICATE THESE QUALITIES
THIS FEATURE ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION
Tourists Declare Confidence in Lubbock County In
creased Crops Here Are Compared With Crops in Other
Sections Where Equal Rainfall Was Received

Lubbock county's genuineness has
been tested. and found true.
The long days Of drouth that have
threatened the very existence Of all
crops have tried every facility Of our
soil. making greater demands upon
10 perhaps than has ever been known,
yet 70 stands beneath the singing
sun giving source % the plant life
dependent upon it TO such degree
that 90 hear a farmer on the streets
dry but my crop Is still growing"
Is not at all new, for the writer
has heard that statement a half a
dozen times within less than that
number of days.
The prospector who comes here
adds further proof Of the genuine
ness of our soil with the news that
We've had just as much rain as
you have had, but our crops are not
half so well along showing that even
with few odds against as we are en-
i0ying a few good features Of our
soil which are to be appreciated.
10 has been forecasted here too
much that the Plains crops would be
ruined without rain, and though the
rain failed To come and good crops
were gathered. 90 scare our citizens
into a panic with the passing Of
every rainless day.
They know that Lubbock county
land is superior IN supplying plant
life its requirements without an
abundance of rain. They know that
hot. dry summers have too often
been experienced here, followed by
abundant harvests, TO give up the
ghost and declare It's all for naught'
they 20 about their work realizing
that II rain comes the crops viii
be helped. but though IL should not
come, and they were TO have 10 har-
vest their crops after a dry summer,
their efforts would be rell repaid,
and as result they go about their
work with unfaultered spirits, realiz-
ing that theirs is the greatest coun-
try anywhere.
A sample Of the crop raised on
his farm this year is displayed in the
office Of c. A. Pearce, agent for the
laughter lands, which is good TO
look at. 1t is a stalk of cotton, on
which is twenty five well matured
boles, together with many forms and
blooms, and though the tap root is
long, showing that the substance on
which the stalk lives Is gotten from
far into the ground. the weed IS as
green as you please. and according
TO Mr. Pearcc the entire crop looks
as though that stalk was an average
one.
We are glad that Lubbock county
can stand dry weather.
lt seems impossible al present TO
devise practical means Of supply
ing the Plains with sufficient water
other than the natural source, and
that our soil is so constituted that
its drouth resisting qualities are
plainly seen. we are glad TO boast OF
those qualities.
Anyone interested in the crop sit
uation will realize that the drouth
has struck a heavy blow az the very
lives Of our farmers. their source OF
income having been severely Grip
pied by its long duration, yet any
one knowing Lubbock county farm
ers and their problems viii certainly
admit they are fortunate IN a good
many ways.
The drouth that Is threatening the
productivity Of our farms IS mighty
had indeed. but there's a bright side
to the situation.
Let's be glad we are as fortunate
as we are.