Show DRY FARMING PREVENTS DISA DISASTER TEt FROM i DROUTH BUTTE Mont July Although Silverbow county is essentially a mining mining min mm- ing jug region and Butte is famed the tho world over oer for its ils richest hill in the world where fortunes upon fortunes have been taken from th tho copper mines there is a decided interest among the people lO of f this part of Montana in the time dry farming congress which will hold its fourth session at Billings Mont October 26 23 J 1909 Tho The significance of pf dry ry farming as an essential factor in the tho greater development of the west and particularly of Montana is presented pre pre- seated in an editorial in a recent issue of the Butte Daily Miner which says It certainly is s good n vs that the tho dry lan land l farmers of the state are going going going go go- ing to have a splendid l harvest It has hns been pretty thoroughly demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- that dry farming conducted along scientific lines can be made most profitable in all parts pants of Montana and the only real danger daner has been heen that the tho new settlers would woula not adopt this method meth nieth- od of cultivating their land Dry Dryland land farming fanning according to this system is not very different from irrigation irrigation gation for fur it means storing tho the water in the tho land lenil instead of storing it in reservoirs and turning it upon the tho land when need needed d. d There is 18 s reason to believe belie that time the climate of Mon Montana ana is undergoing a n change and it is likely that following time the experience of other states it will willbo bo 10 fo found ad d t the m snore moro the e land and is is fOr t a broken up and cultivated tho the mere pronounced pronounced pro pro- this change will be Western Kansas and Nebraska underwent this i transformation but unfortunately before be bo- fore it was completely brought about I the settlers in those states suffered from several that were disastrous This unfortunate condition can be avoided by Montana homebuilders ifS if I they will tho the recommendations for farming farmin dry land down by br the Bozeman Bozeman Bozeman Boze- Boze man experimental station The methods metho s by which dry ry land farming farm farm- ing lag has bf been n maile mailo a II demo demonstrated success suc sue cess are taught by these men and through the literature issued from the international headquarters of the dry farming congress |