A forward step in the agricultural progress of New Mexico

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NEIT }fiEXffiCO COITEGE O}" AGRICULTUAS AI{D },MCFIAT.NC ARTS
AND AGRTCULTUnAL ECFlliUMm\IT sTATr0ry
Press hr,L;let{n I18 ,
A FORtfAnD sTEr' Ilt firE AGRICW.TIIRAI:fR0GnESS 0E $Iil.tl MD(rCO l
The New Mexico A,gricuttural College and &cperi.urent Statlon, realizing the need
of a closer contact uatn the farrners,' oi the Territory 'and'a nore ;detailed knovdedge
of the .adVerse problems.confronting the farners in the'various sectj.ons has decided
to put Professor J. D. Tirisleyr,so{I @er"b of the Statlon, in the field for the
greater parb of his tirne during the coming year. on
Thd {inds oi tn" Institutl,on ar€ not-sufficLent to, carry on that worVas ex-tensive',
alscale :as the needs of t"he Territory seou to denand and it is hoped that
the'Leglstature this'winuer vrill nake an appropriatiOn.rto.supplemgnt the.amount
contributed by the Statlon. 't "' ' :'''ii: . -. , 'i
Ttre fol1|wiag ls ari outlj-ne of: the work.drich;Profossor:;Ti,ns19r' as Superin-tendent
of the'Fainerrs Institutes and Cooperative,'i@erfuirer&e; iS errpected to
undertake."' :' : I r'" i l: ,l i:;,i",: '::i, 1:r'
I, A stridy of the agricultUrdtaossibilitieri of,'ithetta'risss:poltions of the
Territory. In the older settled porbions to find out the rnost pressing advepse
conrlitioh confrontlng the.farmbrst'that the Statian force;rnafrbe;,irdo.rmed in regard
to the biobLens and dhe more iiftelligbntty study'th€rur l"l i'r":'irr'
To select new locallties that seenrtb offer,:ilossiblld.ti.egif.or agrieulluraL
d.evelopment and to advise with settlers already on the ground or prospective sett-
Iers in regard to the conditions and methods to be erryrloyed in-agricultgral prac-tiee,
uspe6iagy iq. regard to the developnent of possible dry farndng districts.
The above-lnentionea htorrnation will be secured by visits altrongj the, farmers,
so far as practicable, which will give then inforrnati-on in regard to their dtffi-cultles
an-d wil} at the same time result in increasing their jnterest in the work
of the E:<periment Statlon and AgrLculturaL College.
2. to organlze Farnerst: Institute $ocj.eties in the varlous faunlng districts
of the Territory under the auspices of rvhich Farmerst Institutes nuy be held in the
various districts and through vrhich cooperative e:<perirnents on the problems of the
4istrict nnay be carried on.
Such socldttes should nesult in brtnglng the fanners into
each other to thej.r mrtual advantagei arrd the Instltutesr and
courses, should prove of great educational value to then.
New Mexico Ls one of the few statee or territories rvhich
Farmerst Institute work and the tine has eone for her to falI
movement for the instmction of the farmers of the country.
3. The organization anci superintending of cooperative e:cperirnents and demon-strations
on inrportant problems in each district.
This work will be carried on in this manner:
Having ncrted that a certain natter needed attention in a certain d:istrict,
this would be reported to the Station Corrrrcil; it having decided that the problem
should be investigated, then the Departrnent concerned, with the assj.stance of the
Superintendent, would clran up detailed plans of the e:cperiment. These plans would
be submitted. to the local society and they would be requested to select some farmer
or farmers who wou1d. be willing to carry on the experlnent under such agreernents
regarding the portion of the expense to be bornc by the Sta'Lion and by the soclety
or farrner as the ccrfd:ltions warranted. It would then be the duty of the Superj.n-tend"
ent to visit the experiment as often as necessary, advi.se vrith the former and
see that the details of the experj-nent were carried out.
closer contact rrith
ultirnately reading
Lras no organized
in Ii-ne w'ith this