Show DRY FARMING CONGRESS Convention to be Held In Denver Which Will Benefit Western Farmers Denver ColoTbo first convention of those vitally interested in the reclamation re-clamation of the semiarid regions of the United States by systems of scientific scien-tific farming has been called to meet 111 Dent 0 11IAI1lL1fJII1IJ Jit t1L 1907 tho call being signed by Governor Gover-nor Jesse P McDonald and Secretary Arthur Williams Tho rapid development of practical farming and profitable crop production under Improved agricultural methods and the unmistakable proof of the possibility pos-sibility of reclaiming a great portion of the semiarid acreage In the western west-ern states have led to Increased activity ac-tivity In both otllcial and private experimental ex-perimental work It Is believed that the time for united action and official encouragement has been reached and that there should bo Inaugurated a practical and active general movement move-ment under propor organization through which tho great natural resources re-sources of the non Irrigated districts and the possibilities of extending the agricultural areas of our western states may bo brought to tho attention atten-tion of the world at large Tho piogram for the convention will be In the hands of a committee select cd t particularly with regard to Its abil ity to guarantee to delegates two days of active practical work and it Is the belief of tho originators of the idea that no more Important interstato con ference has been proposed since the organization of the National Irrigation Congress |