Show MERRIll TEllS OF DRY DAY FARM CONGRESS Agricultural Expert Home From Convention in Kansas Returning tOlla today from tho the Dry Farm congress at Wichita Inn Kan Prof Lewis ls LewisA A A. Merrill agricultural expert for tho the Salt Snit Lake Route and ono one of ot the tho three delo- delo gates cules sent Bent by this state to tho the convention conven conven- tion Lion says nays that t th the e display of or dry farm tann products ro shown b by tho the International Dry Farm Farni exposition was the most complete completo that had ever boon been assembled in this countr country Tho The other delegates lo to the convention wore Dr Robert Hobert Stewart or of Logan and arid J. J F. F Compton of Tremonton Dr Merrill Mer Mer- rill nil was WIlS honored b by tho the convention which elected him vice Ice president for tor the next year Every Eer count county In Kansas as contributed It Its Individual display of ot agricultural pro products prod prod- Prof Merrill 1 said ald today and demonstrated dem dem- how that state by farming has overcome o the winds and the drought and has made lamas Kansas tho premier producer of or groins grains in this coun coun- try r Can Learn Lesson I Kansas alone alono produced bushels of or corn this year and ono one count county coun coun- t ty produced bushels of turkey red wheat Proper cultivation of or the to soil II and und tho the scientific culture of pro products I adaptable to the tho peculiar climatic conditions conditions condi condl- of or Kansas havo have made mado It possible for tor tho the farmers to overcome tho the ill ef effects of- of of ot winds and of ot drought rought Utah can Pattern after aCter Kansas In man many respects and tho Kansas farmers are aro looking to Utah Ulah for lessons lesson W v. V M. M Jardine dean of ot agriculture and arul director of ot tho the experimental station of ot the tho Kansas Agricultural college is a graduate of ot tho lie Agricultural college cOllego of Utah Ho He Is responsible to a n largo large de degres degre's degree de de- gree gres re for tho Jm Improved methods of dr dry farming now applied by tho the Kansas farmers Professor Merrill spoke three times limes durIng dur dur- ing big tho the convention He for Gov William m Spry with an invitation to all industrious farmers to como come to Utah lomako to lo tomake tomake make mako their fort fortune fortuno uno and arid to build up the thesta sta state te He lie S spoke oke also alo for tor Dr Widtsoe on dry farming conditions in Utah and reI reported tho states state's development In this branch bronch of ot agriculture and he ho spoke also on the use USa o of underground water to supplement tho efforts of or tho the dr dry farmer citing tho the results of or the exp experiments conducted b by tho Agricultural college tho the d department of or agriculture and the Salt SnIt Lake Route at nt Malone Malono and at nt Nada in the southern BOuthern part of or this Ita state te Utah Is Pioneer The convention con gave gave- Utah th the honor and credit of or being the pioneer dry farmIng farming farm farm- In Ing state as well as tho the pioneer lag Ins state Professor Merrill said The closest attention was wat all given glen to statements statements state state- ments of ot facts concerning tho the development develop develop- ment mont of ot the dry farm Idea In Utah and there thero were many question as OB to specific results and as to specific methods of or cui cultivation Professor Merrill after atter tho the convention visited St. St Louis Louls atten attending th the convention convention convention conven conven- tion of ot botanists held In that city in commemoration commemoration com corn of or the anniversary of the founding of or tho the Shaw Botanical Gardens GI He then went to Chicago and studied the tho live stock situation nt at the tho stockyards gaining a great fund of ot information that will wiil be of to th the of or this tate state Professor Merrill will leave toda today for tor San Francisco and will return within tho the next w week lt |