OCR Text |
Show I SECOND SESSIONTRANS-MISSOURI DRY FARMING CONGRESS. . i 1 I To Ho Held in Salt Lako City, Utah, j January 22-2C, 1908. OFFICIAL CALL. To the Governors, Agricultural Col-j Col-j leges, State Land Hoards, State Kn-I Kn-I gluceru, State Hoards of Agrlcult-i Agrlcult-i lire, National Agricultural Assocl-1 Assocl-1 at Ions, Stato Agricultural Assoeln-1 Assoeln-1 . lions, County Commissioners, .May-I .May-I ors of Cities, Railroad Companies, I and all Coiitnierclal bodies In the ! Trans-Mlssourl States, GHISKTING. I Tho second general convention of those Interested In the reclamation of the seuil-aiid regions of America by 1 systems of selentllle soil culture Is j hereby called io meet In the City of. 1 Salt Lake, Utnii, January U'.'-b', 190S OHJICCTS. ( 1. The consideration of tho best methods of rendering the lands of the iseml-iirld West productive where ditch dit-ch Irrigation Is Impracticable, 1'. The determination of the best agricultural methods where crop and live stock farming Is practicable. .1. To encourage tho establishment of experimental farms to determine the limitations of selentllle soil culture cul-ture and seed election; these farms to ho operated under the direction of stato ami federal experiment stations or private enterprise. I. To assist tho prospective settler In every practical way to determine what land under selentllle soil C.11I-! lure methods Is susceptible of crop 1 production, ! 5. To encourage the uso of every j consorvatlvo practical method for do-1 veloplng the seml-arld regions of A-I merlca. j K X KG UT 1 V H COM M ITT UK, Hy Fisher Harris. President. ' Address all communication;) to tho ' I President, Salt Lako City, Utah. I |