Show CANADIANS WANT TO KNOW have sent for soil boll culture expert to present dry farming I 1 lincoln aeb june 17 the marked success achieved by the people who are engaged in what has come to be commonly known as dry farming hag has so attracted the attention of the canadian government that it has drawn upon nebraska for an ail expert to go into tho the northwest and tell just what has been done 11 W V campbell of this city has been engaged by hon george halcourt Hai Hat court minister of agriculture for the northwest est provinces to deliver a thice weeks course of lectures to farmer sometimes twice a day covering alberta alberat saskatchewan and some others beginning at edmonton june 24 mr campbell who is now in california will leave in a few days to talk to tho the canadians about this movement which liean j so much for agriculture in the west he is recognized everywhere evory where as the pioneer in tho the study of sail culture and more responsible than any other for the remarkable interest in scientific farming for the semiarid semi arid regions mr I 1 r campbell will carry to the people of the canadian northwest a message 0 of encouragement ent and good cheer ho lie lias has been declaring for it n dozen years that not only is farming possible in the great region where the annual rainfall is small but that tha t by thorough cultivation and the proper tillage to meet conditions as them they are the very best craps crops can be obtained with certainty his insistence upon this has brought down upon his bead head some criticism from sources that might better be engaged in boosting for the west but abut he and many others othera have gone on with the work and ad have substantial results to show for it the canadian government la Is not only doing everything possible to get americans into the tile northwest but is engaged in giving them support and encouragement ty by importing all the best american ideas as to agriculture |