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Show DRY FARMERS MEETJN ZION Delegates to the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress Talk Things Over at Annual Session. Governor Brooks of Wyoming Chosen as Next President of Association, Which Is Expected to Materially Mater-ially Aid Agricultural Industry. Salt Lake City. About 600 delegates dele-gates wero present Wednesday morning morn-ing at tho opening session of tho Trnns-MJssourl Dry Farming con-RrnsB, con-RrnsB, a gathering of notablo men who nro interested In tho reclamation of tho arid lands of th west, and who expect, ex-pect, by thoso meetings, to bo enabled to gain much practical knowledgo that will bo of valuo to tho farmer who must depend upon tho moisture thnt falls from tho sky to bring his yearly harvest to a successful fruition. frui-tion. Tho congress was called to order by B. C. Buff urn of Wyoming at 10 o'clock In the forenoon. Govornor Cutler Cut-ler of Utah was chosen to preside, and C. R. Root of Denver was mndo secretary. Tho Invocation was delivered deliv-ered by tho Rov. P. A. Slmpkln. Governor Gov-ernor J. C. Cutler dollvorcd nn address ad-dress of welcome, following an nd-dress nd-dress by Mayor John S. Bransford. Tho governor gavo J. F. McDonald, former governor, tho credit for suggesting sug-gesting tho organization. Ho pnld n trlbuto to FIshor Harris, tho rotir-ing rotir-ing presldont , W. J. Hnllornn, president of tho Commercial club and of tho Manufacturers Manufac-turers and Merchants' association, welcomed the visitors In a pleasing address. Tho convention hall is decorated with dry farm exhibits, and many suggestive sug-gestive bnnners havo beon placed upon tho wall. Among tho speakers at tho opening session, was F. B. Llnfleld, of Boze-man, Boze-man, Mont., who reported that "thoro tiro In Montana 20,000,000, ma'ybo 30,-000,000 30,-000,000 acres susceptlblo to cultivation, cultiva-tion, nnd the conditions aro favorable, favor-able, speaking from tho viewpoint of a cllmntologlst. Much, very much, of tho land Is only 2,000 or 2,500 feet In elevation." J. W. Pnxman, spcnklng for Utnh, said there has been a great lncreaso in tho area of arid lands placed under cultivation to tho extent of 50,000 acres. Thcro nro now In cultivation 200,000. Tho nnnunl wheat product of this system amounts to 3,600,000 bushels, to say nothing of tho valuo of tho othor grains. Potatoes can bo successfully grown. "Tho stnto of Wyoming," snld W. J. (Rowoll, "now has under cultivation ,500,000 acres of arid lands; ultimately ulti-mately tho hope Is that thero will bo (10,000,000 acres. Mr. Nowcll said tho total area susceptlblo of cultivation is '30,000.000." A letter from E. W. Hoch, governor of Kansas, was read. In It the governor gov-ernor stated his regret at his Inability to attend. Sccrotary of tho Intorlor James j Wilson pledged tho support of tho department de-partment to tho arid farming. Secretary Secre-tary Wilson dwelt upon tho success which had been achieved In Texas, and discussed tho aims of tho government govern-ment in bringing in seeds from foreign for-eign countries and breeding new plants horo. Salt Lako City. Tho delegates to tho Trans-Mlssourl Dry Farming congress con-gress on Thursday selected officers for tho next yoar, as follows: Presldont, Presl-dont, Governor B. B. Brooks oil Wyoming; Wyo-ming; first vlco president, Lieutenant Govornor K. A. Burroll of Idaho; second sec-ond vlco prosldont, H. W. Campboll of Nebraska; third vlco prosldont, Govornor Georgo Curry of Now Mexico, Mex-ico, and nn exccutlvo commltteo consisting con-sisting of ono member from each stato represented. A resolution Introduced by Representative Repre-sentative Tolton of Beaver, Utah, indorsing in-dorsing tho bill of Senator Smoot, known as sennto bill 1543, which Increases In-creases tho number of acres In n homestead In tho nrid region from 1C0 to 320 acres, was passed and tho ofTtccrs of tho congress woro directed to notify tho congress of tho United States of tho nctlon taken. It was unanimously agreed by resolution reso-lution that tho city securing tho next congress must mako a guarantee of entertalnmont fund,, even as Is required re-quired by tho Amorican Mining congress, con-gress, tho Nntlonal Irrigation association, asso-ciation, nnd other similar bodies. W. M. Jardlne, nsslstant cereallst In tho offlco of grain Investigation of tho department of agriculture, read a papor on tho various kinds of groins thnt woro best to bo used. E. C. Chllcott, In chargo of tho offlco of-flco f dry land agriculture In Wash-lngfln, Wash-lngfln, D. C. burenu of plant Industry, read a paper which consumed thb better part of nn hour. Mr. Chllcott said that nrld farming Is now n demonstrated dem-onstrated science. Dr. V. T. Cook of Wyoming spoke on drought resisting crops. Alfalfa and Canada fleld'pcas, ho said, wore excellent forage. They drew nitrogen from tho air, nnd did not Impoverish tho land. Pen-fed lambs and pork bring a higher price on tho market than tho samo class of animals feeding feed-ing on tho other grnlns. Professor L. A. Merrill delivered an extemporaneous address on tho progress of dry farming In Utah. Ho declared that dry farming is not an experiment, but a demonstrated success. suc-cess. ' Professor Samuel Fortler, chief of tho Irrigation Investigation bureau of plant Industry at Washington, D. C, delivered an address on tho uso of water in connection with- arid farming. farm-ing. f Professor Fortler deplored tho "mud slinging" between tho Irrlga-tlonlst Irrlga-tlonlst and tho city farmer, and ho hoped tho delegates would do their part to bring about harmony. Joshua Salisbury of tho Provo dls-. trlct, a veteran, ono of tho oldest, If not tho oldest, nrld land farmers In Utah, related somo of, his experiences In dry farming. Permanent Membership. Ono of tho most Important stops taken by tho Dry Farming congress, was the ndoptlon, at Friday's session, of n resolution providing for an amendment to tho constitution and a membership foe, both afllllatod and life. Tho aflllluled membership Is $1 n year, and tho Ufa membership costs $10. Resolutions wero introduced nnd ndoptcd thanking tho people of Salt Lnko City and tho Commercial club and FIshor Harris, tho retiring president, presi-dent, who has been choson tho oxccutlvo oxccu-tlvo secrotary of tho congress, extending extend-ing sympnthy to H. W. Campboll of Lincoln, Neb., tho originator of tho Campbell system and generally conceded con-ceded to bo tho father of arid land farming, who Is III of pneumonia at his homo In Lincoln, urging the promotion of tho work of farmers' Institutes, through local, state and national aid; declaring that tho English languago docs not contain adjectives sufllclent to express the appreciation of tho congress con-gress of the entertainment given nt 'tho tabornaclo on tho provlous evening. even-ing. A pnper by II. Ml Balner, professor of farm emchanlcs at tho Colorado Agricultural collego at Fort Collins, was on "Good Roods and tho Farmer." Mr. Balnor's suggestions woro of tho most practical character. Ho declared that tho American peoplo nro -begin ning to rcnllzo tho necessity of good roads. Al hundred miles of earth roads could bo laid for tho cost of ten miles of stono nnd gravel roads, especially whero theso materials havo to bo hauled from n dlstnnco. Professor Alfred Atkinson of tho Montana experiment stntlon spoka on "Tho Control of Moisture on tho Dry Farm."' Mr. Atkinson urged tho farmer far-mer to fortify himself with tho rnln-fall rnln-fall of ono year ngalnst tho posslblo coming of a dry season tho following year. "Summer Fallowing in Relation to Dry Farming In tho Great Basin," was tho Bubjcct of an address by Professor C. S. Scoold, In charge of agricultural I extension, bureau of plant Industry, ' Washington. The subject Is a broad ono and occupies a prominent place In tho work of tho arid land farmer In determining whother It Is tho part of wisdom to grow crops constantly or to sunimor fallow each altornnto yep?. Former Stato Senator John Barnes of Kaysvlllo related his experiences in dry farming for twenty years, during which tlmo ho kept nn nccurato account ac-count of all receipts and expenditures. Beginning In 1887, Mr. Barnes traced, Item by Item, tho successive yeurs down to 190G. A paper by II; W. Campbell was Included In-cluded In tho record. His subject was "Dry Fflrmlng." Mr. Campboll Is tiro originator of a systom bonrlng his namo of soli culturo, and Is generally recognized as tho pioneer successful success-ful scientific arid land farmer in tho world. "Dry Farm Whcnt Growing in tho Great Basin" wns tho subject of an Interesting In-teresting address by J. C. Hogonson, agronomist of tho Agricultural collego at Logan. "Tho Slzo of a Dry Farm" was tho toplo chosen by I. II. Grnco of Nophl, who has been dry farming for many yonrs. It has been Mr. Grace's export-enco export-enco that a farm should not bo largor than 100 acres. A papor by Profossor David Grir-fifths Grir-fifths of the offlco of fnrm management of (ho dopartmont of agriculture, was read by Carl F. Kollomatl, also of Washington, It had to deal with tho prickly pear as a dry land crop. It was stated that excellent results hud beon secured, especially In Texas. Tho prickly pear Is a flno forago plant for cows. Dr. O. W. Roborts of North Dakota delivered an address on "Cllmntio Conditions." Ho urged tho farmors to apply to tho wenthor bureaus for Information. |