Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-17
SEED CORN FOR
VALLEY FARMERS
PRODUCED HERE
Experiments This Year Bring
Production Of 81 Bushels
to the Acre Without Full
Irrigation

Irrigation
Production of acclimated seed
corn of q variety that makes good
crops under conditions existing
here is project carried on with
auccess this year under the d.
rection of County Agricultural
Agent Lee ]. Reynolds, Seed corn
was imported last spring from
San Juan county and grown on
test farms in the county. One
OF these farms, though irrigation
water became unavailable for the
Iast two watering periods, pro-
duced 81 bushels to the acre.
This corn was picked under most
careful conditions. First, all good
ears were selected from stalks
bearing one good ear. Next the
best ears were selected from
stalks bearing two ears, and last
Iy, all the good ears rom stalks
bearing three ears. The grain
taken from these three pickings
has been placed in separate
classes. and is expected to fur
nish seed corn of high grade.
The variety used is Funk's Yell
low Dent, which the county agent
recommends as best adapted to
this locality.
Tests have shown the value of
sweet clover to raisers of dairy
herds, and o considerable acre
age will be planted next year in
the mountain districts by farmers
who have available water.
Fighting Orchard Diseases
Considerable assistance was
given in the stamping out of dis
eases to fruit trees and yine-
yards by the county agent and
experts from the State college.
On the LaSalle ranch at Berna-
= lilo a good deal of loss was
caused by a disease believed to
be crown gall. By thinning and
spraying, it is believed the dis
ease has been stamped out. 1t
was found to attack practically
no varieties Of apples but the
Ben Davis family.
The dry land orchard on the
Darrah ranch in the San Pedro
mountains has been producing
steadily for IA years, and was
the scene of a demonstration by
experts this year to show what
could be done under non-irriga-
tion conditions at a high altitude.
In the Barton neighborhood, as
the result of the meeting of Pro-
fessor Fabian Garcia of State
college with a number of the
farmers, extensive orchards will
be set out next year.
Big Grape Crop
The grape crop in the middle
Rio Grande valley this year was
the best for several years. The
Allary Brothers of Corrales have
so acres IN grapes, which made
an immense crop. The grapes
were sold on a ready market at
6 IL to IL cents pound.
The Allary Brothers. who former
ly engaged in wine making, found
that the sale of the grapes to i'm
mediate consumers is more prof
table.
Broom corn, with which exper-
iments We're made this year, was
so successful that the acreage
will be largely increased this
year.
That the valley will produce
nuts is shown by the fact that
John Baron Burg has developed
q number of almond trees which
bear each year. Some of the
almonds were on display at the
Chamber of Commerce and were
of large size and had a fine fla
vor. S. A. Connell has an English
walnut tree on his land that
bore a heavy crop this year.
Experiments in Vaccinating
chickens and turkeys for chicken
pox and roup were highly sue
Cessful.
Value of Culling
A demonstration of the value
Of culling chicken floeks was
shown by an experiment conduct
ed by Professor II. M. Bardsley
of State college on the farm of
Mrs. Coen in the Mountain View
community Out of 100 chickens
40 were culled out. These 40
produced but six eggs in the fol-
lowing week. The 60 remaining
produced 1877 eggs. Mrs. Coen re-
ported that those culled out never
improved. and were sold for
meat.
The county agent recommends
that work be done in the eastern
part of the county looking to-
ward the storage of water An
effort will be made also to secure
a government loan for the pur
chase of seed. Plans are also
under way to secure extension of
electric lines to the ranches along
the river for pumping and domes-
tic purposes. The electric COM
pany has promised a reduction
of rates as soon as the number
of patrons Is increased.
Excellent work was done by
the boys and girls clubs. Chester
French received the prize for
raising the best ten ears OF seed
corn. his exhibit being White
Elephant, and ]. G. French re-
ceived second prize with 10 ears
of F'unk's Yellow Dent. Clarence
Ziekert received a prize for rails
ing the best calf Conrad Burke,
Clarence Ziekert and William
Taylor won prizes for the raising
of fine chickens.
Because of the drought dry
farm crops throughout the coun-
ty were practically failure. The
farmers, however, are not dis
couraged, and are preparing to
put in large acreages during the
coming year,
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