| Show DRY FARM CONGRESS DOWN TO III BUSINESS Experts From All Over Ovel Country Gather at Sessions Session in h I Denver V V I PROF JARDINE IS HEARD Utah Declares Tillers of or Soli Sil ll Should lUd lcm Sl V More hl H Republican Special Service ServiceS V Denver Jan 24 fhe The dry lr farming con congress ever held In the thu United States opened this morning Ex Governor Jesse F. F McDonald presided pre pre- sl sided ed at first but bul after delivering his hisa a address dress of welcome pI pleaded ended business business- ena engagements and Fisher Harris Harr secretary sec see of or time the Salt Snit Lake Commercial club was appointed temporary chairman chair chair- man One of the he most mORt notable papers read was that by hy Prof W. W M. M Jar Jardine lne a agronomist of the Utah Ulah experimental station al nl Logan spoke on un Problems Problem lo to Be LIe Solved SoLed It II had been shown he said that dry I farming was a success In different ma cl climates es and It was the duty uty of the Ito I people to give dry farming their support sup sup- port and to 10 improve methods of farm- farm I Ing Inh Six experimental farms hn had been established In Utah Ulah he said maIl A At present the principal crop grown ordry or on dl dry lands was nR wheat nut But time one omie crop g system was hard IUlI on the the- theland land nn and other crops should be raised Twelve Inches of rainfall was sufficient to 10 produce 27 i bushels of grain per pei acre acte It was as necessary to 10 rc reduce uco evaporation to 10 the thc minimum Should hI Stul Study Lands I Prof ProC Jardine said It was Impo Impossible I Ilu to to lu tell what whal was be best l to 10 do o In cultivation cultivation 1 tion lion of lands lans in different parts of tho V country and that we were In need of oC more economic methods In the system of or dr farming Dry farming should be conducted conduct conduct- ed upon a large Jarge scale he said In Utah Utai this sea season on twenty steam plow plea ol were He employed More 1 forage olage should be grown upon the lands Th The problem of rol raising more native grasses should be bl studied Every farmer Carmer should have hn enough water on omi his place to raise a a. few trees and some flowers This water Js Is to 10 bo be obtained atura rt U e t th 2 establish h pumping stations l to ascertain the exact ctt relation of wat water r to dry div Money lone Is to to bo ho lost host In dry dr farm farm- I lag ing Said Prof Jardine And Amid a a great Ireal man many people are arc investing In In Inlands inLands I lands without having knowledge of or orthe the business s. s Dr Dry farming Is tiie lIC I har hardest est kind of farming and it re requires re- re quires skill A little mistake e often otten will wilt cause failure An address by by V Elwood V Meade leade chief of oC the bureau of or irrigation lion llon and drainage investigations United States Department of Agriculture ture was wa read to 10 tile tHo convention by b F. F W. W 0 T Tie ie question discussed was that of the r relation lalion of irrigation to lo semi arid farming |
