Show MONTANA GETS GETSI NEXT I CONGRESS Dry Farmers Choose Governor I of the Treasure State for President TWO UTAH MEN HONORED DISCUSSION AS TO THE PROPER METHOD OF TREATING SOILS Cheyenne Wyo Feb 24 Discussion of tho the proper methods of treating arid soils occupied tho the attention of tho the Dry Farming Farmin congress today Tho The debate debato followed tho the read readIng readIng Ing in of reports from tho the experimental farms and agricultural stations of no states Government experts who have havo gathered their knowledge from long Ion Investigation and practical farmers whoso whose knowledge know led go comes from tho the wresting of a livelihood from tho the soil sit participated When James McColl representative from Australia took the chair there was fully the attendance of the opening delegates who had been delayed having havIn arrived in fn large numbers Edwin F NorrIs governor govern r of Monta Montana na was unanimously chosen president of tho the congress for the ensuing year and his hs selection makes it evident that Billings Mont will be selected as the next place of meeting All other can candidates candid did es have apparently withdrawn Treatment of Soils Sois The question that produced the most lively debate of the session was the method of conserving con the moisture of soils In regions where rainfall Is light ny by 11 treatment immediately after aHer plant Ing The resolution proposing that the name of 01 the organization be changed to the International Arid Farming FannIng con congress congress gress met with unexpected opposition A A larg largo number of the delegates insist on un retaining the name Dry Farming Fanning This resolution with a number of them others urging government assistance In building good roads providing ing for a permanent field commissioner and com corn complimenting I Congressman Mondell of Wyoming V on securing the passage of the homestead law were re frred to the committee on resolutions The following officers wore were also named by the tho committee and ratified b congress On ress n presidents J A Utah I 1 b A Hoskins New Now Mexico and W H HOlm HOlin HOlin Olin Olm Colorado Executive committee Lyman J Briggs Washington D C J E Shep Shepard Shepard ard anI North orth Dakota A P Moore Ne No Nebraska Nebraska braska S H Node Neele South Dakota G R n Hickok Kansas E L Okla Oklahoma Oklahoma homa lioma George A Martin Texas C E Root Colorado M 31 I R 11 Hartung Hartun Wy Wyoming Wyoming oming A Atkinson ln Montana F C Bowman Idaho J W IV Yo Utah George J 1 McCabe Arizona Dr Pr Washington W J 3 Kerr Ore Oren n Arthur Briggs Brigge California and H laepe Nevada Mr Address T B T C Chilcott agriculturist In charge o or of dryland d agriculture Investigation States department of agriculture agriculture ture addressed the congress on Anal Analysis ysis sis on Some of the Results Obtained rn U n Dryland Agriculture Investigation In jr the Great Plains Area Mr Chilcott assured tho congress that all of the tho men associated with him in Indr dryland dr land agriculture Investigation arc are enthusiastic supporters of the tho objects of the congress and he reviewed the re results results suits of their investigations and ex experiments experiments Briefly Brief he paid taId our conclusions are arc That vastly astl more data than we yet possess poss must be gathered before any anyone one will be warranted in making any broad and sweeping generalization concerning methods and systems s stems of dryland d land agriculture We have demon demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated beyond a question that very few of the hard and fast rules so confidently dently laid down own by a certain class of popular writers are of such universal application as they claim The Tho methods which give most satisfactory results one year ear will sometimes fall fail completely to give the same samo results another year on identically l the same some soil And that v what hat will bring brin good results at ono one sta station station station tion will fall utterly to give like results at another station even when climatic conditions ae are similar Some Advice Given Let us u then thon keep on experimenting and observing with open minds ex exchanging exchanging exchanging changing Ideas and experiences frank frankly frankly ly admitting our failures and not boasting overmuch of our successes but carefully careful analyzing both our fall fail urs ur s and our successes In order that we may if possible get at the under underlying underlying lying principles t govern both And nd above all let us strive to keep out of the patent medicine class of fakers who deal out their prescriptions war warranted warranted warranted ranted to cure euro all ailments at so much per If we ae are to benefit the farmers it must beby stimulating in them a ncy to investigate and to reason themselves rather than to depend upon following any set of ironclad rules laid down by them |