THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



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from a section having' no standing in the state, as a crop raising see- 

 Results of Methodical Work. 



tion, to first in potatoes, first in spring wheat, second in emmer (speltz), 

 fourth in cattle and eleventh in oats, according to Bulletin No. 14, from 

 Bureau of Labor and Statistics of the Nebraska Agricultural College. 



(g) NEW MEXICO. 



Precipitation. 



J. P. Dunlavy, living at Miountainair, writes as follows: "Our annual 

 rainfall i supwards of 16 inches, coming largely in our growing season. 



System Not New. 



"Dry farming has really been practiced here for over 100 years, 

 Even with poor teams, inferior implements, bad seeds and little tillage, 

 corn, wheat, oats, cane, millet potatoes and all kinds of vegetables have 

 been successfully grown for over a century. I have been farming here 

 for three years and find the more advanced methods of scientific farm- 

 ing bring results. 



Acreage Results. 



"While a good deal depends upon the kind of farmer, we have farm- 

 ers on government land, who are actually making from $36 to $150 per 

 acre from, corn and potatoes, as well as other crops. 



Causes of Failure. 



"I find from experience here, that if we plow deep, cultivate thor- 

 oughly, harrow as often as possible, enter into the business of farming 

 and farm as if we were sure of results, believing that no such a thing 

 as failure of crops comes to the conservatively industrious, we will 

 succeed. These kind of people actually "made good" here last year, 

 while the timid and pessimistic failed." 



Campbell's System. 



Robert Humphrey, of Clovis, states that he has farmed about two 

 years in that region, but thinks when the farmers of his section fully 

 adopt the scientific methods of dry farm'ing, especially Campbell's soil 

 culture methods, all will succeed. He says: 



Diversified Crops. 



"Indian and kaffir corn, milo maize, millet, sweet and Irish pota- 

 toes and all kinds of vegetables seem to do well there. Some few per- 

 sons are growing fruit, but under disadvantages. The country is new 

 and but few persons really came prepared to farm. They came simply 

 to take advantage of Uncle Sam's offer of 160 acres of land. My ex- 

 perience and observation leads me to say, I think we can raise almost 

 anything we want to here, when we get our soil in a good state of culti- 

 vatton. 



