| Show n r C chilcott in charge ot of the office of dry land agriculture in wash ington D C bureau of plant ladu industry ladusire siry road read a paper which consumed the tha better part of an hour mr said that arid farming I 1 la now a ilem aam science dr V T cook of wyoming spoke on drought resisting crops alfalfa alfalfa I 1 and C canada a n ad a e 1 I 1 peas j be e said d wera e r e rrb th baz dir awai trog excellent 1 ae n t fo torace r e they y drew n nitrogen 1 e m from the air and did not impoverish the hie land leafed pea fed lambs and pork bring a higher price on the market ilan 11 an the same came class of 0 animals landing on the other grains professor 4 A merrill delivered na an extemporaneous address on the tha progress of dry farming in utah lie ha declared that dry farming la Is not ani an experiment but a demonstrated sue BUC cess professor samael fortier chief of 0 the irrigation dinv inv investigation bureau burean of plant indu industry at washington J P C delivered an address on the use of 0 water in connection with arid farming professor fortier deplored tho the hnud mud slinging between the finiga lonest and the city farmer and ho he hoped the do delegates legates would do their part to bring about harmony joshua lb balls allsbury bury of tho the provo dla dis wet a veteran one of the oldest it not the oldest arid land farmers la in utah related some of his in dry farming permanent membership one or of the most inott important steps stepa taken by the dry farming congress was waa tho the th o e adoption at fridays session of 0 a n solution resolution providing for bof an amendment to the constitution and a membership fee both affiliated and life the affiliated membership la 19 11 a year and the life membership costs costi 10 resolutions were introduced Introduce a aal an I 1 adopted thanking the people ot of salt lake laka city and the commercial club and fisher hairls the proal dent who has haa been chosen the tive ive ecie tary ot of the congress con giesa gless extend i ing sympathy to it II W campbell of lincoln nob the originator of abo to campbell system and generally conceded ce ded to be the fattier father of arid land farming who v ho Is III of pneumonia at hla his home hoine in lincoln urging the 0 of t the tha work of farmers institutes through local state and national aid declaring that the language does not contain adjectives sufficient to express the appreciation of the congress of the entertainment given at the tabernacle tabei nacle on the previous evia leg ing A paper by it II nil rainer balner professor ot of farm cinc hanics at the colorado agricultural college at port colllns collins was on good roads and the farmer mr balner a suggestions were of tho the most practical character lie ile declared that tho the american people aro are beginning to the necessity of cyr 9 goedl di roads A al hund hundred red miles of earth i loada on a could eoll id be laid for the cost coat of ton tell inix 1 v of stone and gravel roads especto especially to y it here these materials have hava to bo hauled from a distance professor alfred atkinson of the montana experiment station spoke on the control of moisture on the dry farm mr air atkinson urged tho the for farr mer to fortify himself with alth the rain fall of one ear against the axis sible coming of a dry season the 3 car summer fallowing following Fal lowing in relation to dry farming in the great basin was the tha subject of an address by professor C S in charge of agriculture agri cultura extension bureau of plant industry the subject Is a broad one and occupies it a prominent place in the work of the arid land farmer in determining whether it la Is the part of wisdom to grow crops constantly or to summer tallow each alternate year cormer state senator jolin john barnos barnes of 0 related hla his experiences la dry farming for years during velch time lie he kept an accurate rac account C of all receipts and expenditures beginning in 1887 mr Barnes traced item by item the successive years down to 1906 A paper by 11 II W campbell was in eluded la in the he record his subject wag as dry faiming mr air clinebell Clin Is th tho tha a originator of a system bearing hig big name of soll soil culture and la Is generally ree recognized as the pioneer successful scientific arid lind farmer in the tha world dry farm wheat growing la in the tha great basin wai as the subject of an interesting te resting address by I 1 C hogensen Hogen aen agronomist of the agricultural collego at loran logan the size of a dry aarm was the tha topic chosen by 1 I 11 II grace giace of nellit who has been dry farming tor for miny many 3 pars it has been AS mr r graces gace a expert nee that a farm arm I 1 not be larger than acres A paper by professor david oril fifths of nf the of farm management of the department of agriculture was waa read by carl F Kelle Xelle matl matt also alao ot of washington it had to deal with the prickly pear as a dry lani land prop crop it was stated that excel excellent lerAt results hid hd bean apen secured especially in aenas tb tha 0 prickly pear to la a fine foiada plane plan fot for i dr 0 W roberta of north dakota delivered livered le an address on Clim chmiola itle conditions lip ho urged the farmers to aply to the weather bureaus for in formation |
