Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-06
deep FILLING
AIDS VALLEY
CROPS-TANDY
ecures Large Mach
Inc For Cultivating
Tract; Method In
q Output

Deep tillags will greatly enhance
le productivity Of Valley soil, In the
'inion Of Clyde Tandy, who ia In
large Of the farming operation on
se 1000 acres owned by Tandy q
ons in the Los Fresnos district. Mr..
andy recently secured q deep tiIler
Pm California, and the machine
now being operated "a hours a
". Tandy a Sons will plant ap-
'oximately 500 acres Of potatoes
as year. and that acreage 10 being
eep titled first, but the entire 1000
eres will be deep titled If the wssth-
r permits.
The machine secured by Mr.. Tandy
drawn by a i5-horsepower tractor,
I'd the burrows" are four feet
part, tests having proved that the
,ep tiller breaks the subsoil 70 a
stance exceeding two feet on each
de. The fields will be crossed, as
airing that every part Of the subsoil
Ill be well broken. The deep tiller
perates to . depth Of % inches and
inmates the use Of q pillow. the soil
eing so thoroughly and deeply brok.
4 that q disc 10 sufficient 20 work
, the top soil, which In only slight
disturbed by the deep tiller.
Confident Of Result
II am confident that the new meth
of tillaRe will greatly enhance the
gductivity Of our FARMS" M. Tan
stated. at should prove especial
valuable on potato lands, but | am
ng to give IL a try-out on all our
us. The breaking up of the sub
will generate mor plant food,
provide soil which the roots
easily penetrate, and will also
We irrigation more effective. Ny
hriments with the deep tiller
W convinced me that deep tillage
tisoon be the accepted practice in
Valley"
DEB. Ward, who 10 in charge Of the
thopment Of the 400-aere tract Of
so Rio Crande Properties, lncr
thseast Of Brownsville, was one Of
tofirst TO introduce deep filling
in in the Valley. His operations
are development Of the tract
thsed considerable interest anon.
ti3rowers Of the Brownsville sec
w and Clyde Tsndy secured Mr..
hiss deep tiiler to experiment on
safarm. The results proved 80
~tosactory that Mr.. Tandy decided
Rep till his entire acreage. Fred
tileberg. ST.. also decided to deep
hhis potato land, and $50 acres on
irfarm il now ready for the plant
W The Progreso Development Co.,
tch is developing the Llano Grande
ct south Of Weslsco, has also
tpted deep filling In preparing
ar lands for citrus fruit paintings,
81 several Of the citrus growers Of
tfMereedes section are deep filling
orchards.
hir. Tnady proposes to deep till
he'ields both ways this year, but
tihfter It will be necessary to deep
yebnly way, crossing every other
kee This method, he asserts will
mo.the subsoil l~oosened, providing
con plant foot and better growing
lions in every way.
meet results Of deep tilling in con-
mann with citrus paintings are very
by list on the tract being developed
Tree Rio Grande Properties, Inc.
deel which have been planted on
@Nt~litNQ SUI u&NO in11E ~ ACHt4AA
plan-owth in comparison with those
mand on soil prepared in the usual
differ. There 10 @ very noticeable
thosnce In the color Of the foliage.
sho planted on deep titled land
inding q deep brilliant green which
ineates that their roots are seeur-
than abundance of nourishment and
mi the tree is developing with
imum rapidity.
setato growers in the Brownsville
tkion will watch the results Of
r deep tillage on the Tandy and
isteberg farms with considerable
terest, and the results on the cot
n lands of the Tandy farm will be
Z great interest to the entire VAL
", as will also the demonstrations
) the effect Of this method on cab
age and other vegetable crops.