| Show I 1 III ME NG experts IN convention ht CRIME questions of great to farmers of the arid west discussed by agricultural authorities cheyenne when the third trans massouri url dry farming congress opened its sessions on tuesday there were over delegates present presen ij with hundreds of cottiers on belated trains being unable to reach this city for the opening session because of the heavy snow enow storm A blanket of snow than a foot fool deep greeted the delegates arriving in cheyenne as natures ures a assurance aurance that dry farming wits was partly a misnomer in fit wyoming rho streets of cheyenne Che ienno were clabor decorated in honor or the via igors the opening program included an addres 4 by governor B D B brooks or of wyoming president of the congress and the reading of papers by state delegates on various phases phased and problems of dry farming F C bowman of boise ida chair v man of the executive committee call ed d the congress to order after afier an invocation by rev george 0 rafter of cheyenne governor B B brooks of wyoming delivered a short address short welcoming addresses were also made by mayor P B S cook of 4 cheyenne and thomas haney president of the cheyenne industrial club samuel 11 lea state engineer of south bouth dakota responded to the welcoming addresses in lief behalf tair of tho the delegates the afternoon session was taken up with calling the roll ot 0 the states represented and a number of short addresses were delivered by delegates representing western states discussion of the proper mathous of treating arid solla soils occupied the at attention ten of the congress on wednesday the rho debate followed the reading g ot reports from the experimental farms and agricultural stations oi ol 01 twenty one states G government ove rement experts who have gathered their knowledge from long investigation and practical at farmers ta whose knowledge comes from the wresting of a livelihood from tho the soil eoll participated the question that produced the le most lively debate of the session was tho the method of conserving the moisture cl cf soils in regions where rainfall is light by treatment immediately after planting edwin F norris governor r of montana was unanimously chosen preat preal dent of the congress tor for the ensuing year the ne last hours of the dry farming congress were given over to the tha consideration of resolutions and the delegates were unanimous in their support of the measure tending to eni embrace tho the scope of the congress and aid the development of arid land the resolutions were in most cases adopted without debate after a struggle in which the name international dry farming congress was advocated by many delegates the name of the organization was changed to the dry farming congress and resolutions were adopted providing for a permanent headquarters for the con 3 gress the spread of dry farming antor information e yi and the gathering of dry farming 4 information throughout the world i in this latter project government as 7 sl 81 stance is asked billings mont was selected as the place of the next meeting which will be held in november the dates will be fixed by the executive committee john henry smith of salt lake city made an eloquent address on the development of the west and spoke at length on the work of the pioneers of utah rind and other western states who had by irrigation and dry farming fanning conquered the desert 8 |
