Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-05-15 | Page 20 | Indian Method Used on Farms

INDIAN METHOD USED ON FARMS Belated Tribute Given to American Am Aborigines By Government Expert Br Dr JoA E. E May 14 The H.-The The t American farmer may thank the tho Indian for Cor many man of or the principles 5 and methods of or farming he Is la util util- utilizing utilIzing izing today toda This belated bel ted tribute to Americas America's aborigines aborigine comes from Charles H. H Burke commissioner of the tho bu- bu buru nou resu ru u of or Indian Affairs of oC the tho U. U U S. S department of or the Interior In It Ithe Ithe ithe he goes further that the In Indian In- In Indian dian than was U the original Inal dry laud farmer Inthe In the southwestern part port of or orthe the United States Slates and that as al such he often orten laid the tho foundation lor br methods method 1 later r followed by tho If U t v man In the cultivation c n of hi his craps The rhe white settler for Instance made a a. blunder of ot corn growing until he learned the proper meth from the Indian says sas Burke Ir Irrigation Ir- Ir came to New Now Mesco leco and Arizona ona before beford even th the Spaniards on the continent nt and in some parts of ot the tho country theres there's evidence e that the Indians applied fertilizer to tho the crops WHITES TAIL rAIL AT The experiments of the white farmer In the southwest were sAd oad failures by the side of ot the na na- natives native's na- na nativo's tive's tives methods Burke Durke declares declare Ills III corn planted at the usual depth made a fine start ahead of oC the tho Indian but soon withered ana anc yielded practIcally nothing while tho the corn which the Indian planted In a hole a a. foot toot or more In InI depth I rooted o into the tho t necessary f I et oh ei moisture ur by the time e It had to con con- contend tenth tend with conditions above the sur sur- surface surface face fate and brought fair results r sult sur-j sur The Indians of New New- Mexico and ano Arizona had hall learned the art of or ir irrigating Ir-I Ir Ir- Ir Irrigating their fields the tho ap ap- appearance appearance ap- ap appearance of 01 the white man on the continent SIr SET BACK nv Dr SOIL SOU Though the Indians as a rule ruU hu been somewhat slow show in the plants and methods Introduced by b the whites this has not been wholly holl because of or their dislike of or labor but In some cases his lia been due largely to their re- re remt mt by the government the and to lo lotho tho thu eness of or tho the soil noil of ot many man of ot the reservations as as- assigned signed them Where tribes or portions of ot tribes aa as a parts of or the Cherokee and an Iroquois were allowed to re remain re- re remain main oHlin In their original territory th thy they y were not slow in bringing into use the introduced plants and th the methods of or the whites the fruit trees livestock plows and other valuable acquirements