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Show WIDTSOE JOINS IN CALL TO EXPERTS COLORADO SPRINGS, Juae 10. Five famoue agricultural educator have signed a fall for a conference of II thai engaged at work ia agrieul-tural agrieul-tural erhools and experiment stations, for tbel purpose of diaeussiag "dry farming.'' Those making the call are: Liberty H. Bailey, director of agrieul. ture at Cornell university- Dr. J. H. i Woret, president of North' Dakota agri-cultural agri-cultural eollege; Pr. Cherlee A. Lory, president of the Colorado agricultural college; Dr. Joha A. Widtaoe, president of toe Ctah agricultural college, and Duncan Marshall, miaistea ef agriculture agricul-ture for Alberta, Canada. The conference ia railed for OctoKct IA to 0 in thi city at the time of the meeting of the international dry farming farm-ing eongreae and exposition, to 1m held here. Ieading agricultural scientists will be gathered here at that time for the eongreae and the great erpoeitioa of dry farmed products will afford opportunity for atndy and comparative work. "Dry farming" ia the term now commonly applied to agriculture la region re-gion where the annual rainfall ia leaa than twenty inches, and thia ia the first recognition of it by agricultural schools as a aational question. The call ia Issued to aational, provincial and atate agricultural departments and schools thronghhut the world where agriculture is tanght. |