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Show DRY FARMNING - CONVERTS . ERID WASTES INTO FERTILE FARMS. The Dry Farming Congress is now organized, with some persistency and determination to be heard from in tha mattrc of urging its .c'' s upon the attention of the public The faith that the promoters and operators of the association have in their claims of dry farming methods, well carried out, cannot be questioned, says the editor of the Twentieth Century Farmeln. The experiences and results of careful and persistent work in crop-growing crop-growing efforts are the evidence that is offered in testimony of the feasibility feasibil-ity of dry farmiig methods and dry farmng as an industry. It is not surprising that there are the doubtful, the skeptical the unb-c-livcr in converting the dry land of the arid west to agricultural purpose-, the growing of crops, the cultivation of orchards and forests, the establishing establish-ing of homes and the building up of commercial interests and industries on these lands; wc say that it io not surprising sur-prising that some hesitate, that they doubt the availibility of sufficient moisture to grow crops; that they forecast seasons of drouth, etc. All these things had their period and have exerted their influence to discourage and prejudice the mind of the public us the settlement ot the country has processed westward for nc last fifty years, aud yet cultivation has been the civilizing inliucncc tliat has co.. qucrcd drouth, hot winds and the barrenness bar-renness of the pla'ns and prairie countries that arc now the dependence in production. The Founth Dry Farming Congress will hold its meeting at Billings, Montana, Mon-tana, October 26, 27 and 28. 1909. This will not only be an institute for dry farming farmers and dny farming instructors and teachers, but it will be an exposition of dry farming products such as this or no othejr country has ever witnessed. Theio are pledged pledg-ed already exhibits from thirteen western states that are engaged in dry farming work, The organization by states, to show what each is doin and capable of doing in the raising of grain and vegetable crops, without ir- j rigation, is a feature never before un- dcrtaken in this district and promises ' W some gjreat surprises for visitors. H The area of tillable lands in the United States not yet turned to cultivation culti-vation is comparatively small, and un dcr present conditions of demand by the homesteader will last but a few more years at most. It is only the part good business judgment that G the dry farming districts be invest! j gated by those who contemplate get I ting a home under the free homestead J law. Good lands and the best loca J tions will be the first taken. Each I year will reduce the quality of lands' I to be disposed of as government A homestead. 11 The Dry Farming Congires will be I a good place to visit next October, m view of getting dry fanning information informa-tion and dry farms on which to put it into ptracticc. The Dry Farming Con grcss announces that there arc 300,-000.000 300,-000.000 acres of arable land awaiting development by the dry farming methods. V |