The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-30
IDALOU Community SETTLING
WITH ACTIVITY crops GROWING
DIVERSIFIED FARMING MIXED WITH POULTRY AND LIVE
STOCK RAISING PROVEN SPLENDID METHOD
new METHOD CULTIVATION SUCCESSFUL
Persistent Work and Sound Judgment Everywhere Evident WI"
Gradual Tendency Toward Poultry and Hog Raising and Dairy
Farming Adding It's Lot to General Prosperity.

a complete survey Of the coun-
try adjacent 60 Lubbock will con-
vince one that all the things that
have been said By real estate men
and the newspapers about the Lub-
book trade territory have not COM
pletely covered the situation a. il
"a, and instead Of realtors and ink
spreaders carrying on the work Of
their regulations nf being the cham
pion exaggeratOrs Of The entire
state, one will soon see that they
could have expanded their view
considerably without giving utter
ance 20 more than one half the
really big possibilities Of the Plains.
Not mere theoretical or speculative
possibilities, az they were less than
one quarter of century ago, bul
practical possibilities that are now
- nearly finished that the maierial
objective of the pioneer plainsman
Is recognizable, ~ We see a.
Il has not been our good fortune
10 have visited al the farm lands
Of the Lubbock vicinity since the
spring crops are under way, but a
visit 10 I9alOu and the farm lands
surrounding that busy little city,
which We made Sunday evening,
conunces us that the really big
farming country Of the State begins
IN Lubbock county
on every acre Of farm or pas
ture land IN that section the enter
prising owners have devised some
practical means ~ making the land
pay Just a. much per acre as pos
able, cattle, horses, mules or good
crops occupy aimOr every acre. and
the prosperous look ~ the people -
indeed gratifying 10 note. The
farmers of that section are especial
~ well along with their work. Cot
ton, corn and grain sorghum crops
are well Up, ready FOR the cultivator
IN a good many places, and the fact
that some of the farms have been
worked 20 well that weeds are not
10 be seen anywhere proves that
the opners have learned few
things about their work, FOR q few
years ago f vas believed impof-
.ible % keep the cotton crops clean
throughout tho growing season with
out much and expensive use of the
hoe, and evidently the new way 0f
cultivation is FAR ahead of the old
sysfem, ins0much a. it does not call
fof half 80 much nisB-pO~cf, and
the growing crop iH not hacked 20
pieces BY unframed hands
The Idalou farmers are further
along with their crops than u yeeni-
ed possible. One field Of cotton Is
up 70 well that IN spite of the deep
seed-bed, the plants can be seen
cross-rows, and all the feed crops
are, with few exceptions, well enough
along that immediate rain - not
necessary 90 is growth
The writer visited the same sec
ton in 1918, this being our first
visit over the same lands since that
time, and what was then large pas
ture lands IA now cut up into small
farms, seathing with that progress
i've appearance that only Plains
farm knows
Il Is especially noticeable that the
farmers are turning their attention
more and more 20 poultry and hog
raising. Large flocky, from newly
Matched chicks. 90 stalwart fowlH,
including turkeys, guincas, some
ducks and geese, and all other eRR
producing varieties, are seen on
every farm, and II did ug good 20
see that one farmer had made graz
ing pens for his fowls, fenced and
cross fenced, allowing them 70 eat
~ one patch of green feed, while
the adjoining patch is getting pro-
per growth, 10 whore the fowls will
be shifted as soon as the first patch
is we'll down, there being four Of the
pastures, adDitting the chickens 20
green pasturagc at all times, while
the growth Of the feed is not harm
ed by their getting 10 II too soon.
A view Of the hog raising possi-
bilities Of this section will make one
want 10 follow the business, large
thoroughbreds feeding on scientifi-
cally grown crops that offer rare
fattening qualities AZ small cost 70
the producer makes one wonder why
all the Plains is not devoted 10 that
one line Of business, until n view
Of Dairy herd, transposes the
thoughts back 70 the idea that but
ter fat is the most profitable. and
a great deal easier 10 market, when,
possibly per chance, chicken ranch
Is brought under the scope Of view.
and one fsncies himself marketing
The poultry and eggs in quantity
lots. until final analysis Of the
possibilities Of Lubbock county will
convince one that all there Is to do
70 get rich here Is TO get down to
work in some Of these industries
and stay on the job.
Come 10 Lubbock County.