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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Soil Treatment. 



"I break sod three inches deep and try to go down two to three 

 inches deeper each successive plowing until I get down 10 to 12 inches 

 deep." 



Precipitation. 



Willard Belknap, of Nara Visa, states that his county is farming 

 50,000 acres of non-irrigated land with a possibility of ten times of that 

 area. The precipitation is about 18 inches, most of it coming from April 

 15th to October 1st. 



Sod Crops. 



The country is newly settled, many sod crops being grown. He 

 has seen sod crops yield. 35 bushels of corn and 75 bushels of potatoes 

 per acre. 



Soil Treatment. 



"I would say deep plowing, harrowing after each heavy rain, and 

 using the same skill and care in farming, that a jeweler uses in making 

 a watch, will bring success in farming in my section." 



Acreage Results. 



"N. F. Miller, living near Tucumcari, broke his ground in February, 

 1908, doing all the work himself. He plowed 10 inches to begin with, 

 and harrowed it well. He harvested 200 bushels of corn from eight 

 acres and two tons per acre of kafir corn from five acres. His milo 

 maize field of 10 acres gave him two tons per acre. From six acres, 

 in turnips, he harvested 75 bushels. He also had acres in W9.ter- 

 melons, from which he picked 1860 melons, netting him $423. From 11 

 acres of cane he got 69 gallons of syrup besides one ton per acre of for- 

 age and seed. He also had good results with pumpkins, beans, millet 

 and stock r)eas. 



J. T. Cody, of Logan, states that he settled there in the spring of 

 1908. At the start there was a very dry spell lasting 90 days and no good 

 growing weather until after July 15th. This was a discouragement to begin 

 with, but he put in his crop and after the rain came, he was surprised 

 to see the rapid growth. Although 1908 is recorded as one of the driest 

 years for that section Mr. Cody secured a fair crop. 



DROUTH RESOLUTIONS FROM NEW MEXICO FARMERS. 



At the Nara Visa fair last fall, after listening to accounts of a 

 scourge of drouth in eastern states, read by U. S. Commissioner Belknap, 

 the following resolution was adopted and given to the Associated Press: 



"We, the homesteaders and settlers of the Nara Visa country assem- 

 bled at the second annual fair at Nara Visa, New Mexico, having been 

 informed of the extreme drouth that prevails in many portions of the 

 northeast, to-wit, in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. 

 Illinois and Kentucky, and being informed that in many parts of said 



