| Show TA DRY FARMING CONVERTS ARID WASTES INTO FERTILE FARMS the dry farming fanning congress is now organized organised sed with some persistency ind and to bo be heard from in ill the matter or urging its claims upon the attention of oc the public the faith haltli that hat the promoters arid and operators of tills this association have in ili their claims of dry farming methods well carried out cannot be questioned says the editor of the twentieth century farmer the experience and results of careful and persistent work in crop growing efforts are ale the evidence that Is offered lu in testimony of tile the feasibility of dry farming fanning methods and dry farming as ili an industry it is not surprising that there are the t e doubtful the skeptical the unbeliever in ili the he dry land of lie file arid west 0 to o agricultural purposes the growing of crops the culli valion of orchards arid forests the establishing of 0 homes hoines and the building up ill ot of commercial interests and industries on oil these lauds lands we say that dial it is not surprising that some hesitate that they aliey doubt the availability of sufficient moisture to grow crops that they forecast seasons of dinuth etc all these things had their period and have exerted their influence to discourage aud and prejudice the mind of the public as the settlement of the country lias has progressed westward for the last fifty years and yet cultivation has been the civilizing influence that has conquered drouth hot winds arid and the bar reness of the plains and prairie countries that eliat are now the dependence pen dence in ili I 1 the fourth dry farming fanning congress will hold its meeting at killings ings montana october 26 27 and 28 1909 this will not only be an ail institute for dry farming farmers and dry farming fanning instructors instructor but it will be an ail exposition ot of dry farming products such as this or no other country has ever witnessed l there ale aie pledged already exhibits from thirteen western states that are engaged in dry farming work the i tion by states to show what each js doing and capable of doing in ill tie the raising of grain awl and vegetal V without irrigation is a feature before en in tills this district ind and promises some great surprises sui arises for visitors the area of tillable lauds lands in in ill alie united states not bet el turned to culli bation a t ion is comparatively small and under present conditions 0 of demand by tile the homesteader will list last but a few more years at most it is only the vait pait of good judgment that the dry fa farming districts be investigated vesti gated by those who contemplate getting a home under the lie free homestead law good lauds and th the e best locations will be the first taken each lear will reduce the quality of lands to be disposed of as government sovern ment homesteads the dry farming Con congress gresa will be a good place to visit next october in ili view ot of getting dry farming information and dry farms on which to put it into practice the dry farming congress announces that there ire are acres of 0 arable land aw awaiting acting development by the dry farming fanning methods |
