Show I I W Board oard Prepares OP I The Filth Fifth Dry Farming Fanning Con o ess s At a meeting 0 o fhe Washington Board of Control of or the Fifth Dry Dr Congress the tie announcement Ta wa Wf mad j that t tile thO ic campaign for financing the the coming session of or the tiiu til Congress Couge s and tho to International Dry DT Farming Exposition E to be held In connection therewith has hus been or organized organized and anti the preparations for the tho convention are arc going forward satis satisfactorily The Washington ton board ex expects x to spend pend not rot loss hoes than In the Spokane meeting of Congress the tho most must notable In the tho history of the organization Tho premium committee announced that the Spokane Chamber of oC Com Corn morce would give a handsome silver trophy troph cup to ie he be awarded for the beNt best I CUl dry Iry grown apple exhibited at the tho th exposition Announcement was mado made In tho preceding ir ir ced g issue of the tho Bulletin of the he offer of the Lethbridge Board of Trade to give a silver cup for tho best box of McIntosh Red apples appleR The Tho premium committee presented I 1 a suggestion that medals and diplo diplomas diplomas mas be awarded warded Instead a of or small smal cash prizes In the exposition The secretary was w as Instructed to communicate Professor Walter Saltor r rG G 0 Brandenburg and endeavor to se ac secure c cure his services for the preliminary campaign Professor Brandenburg was the assistant superintendent of exhibits at the Fourth Dry Farming Congress and Exposition at Billings and later ater was NUI superintendent of the Colorado National Apple Show and the Colorado Colordo Manufacturers and Pure Food Show at Denver Denvor The Tito Washing Washington ton hoard wishes to La secure him to La canvass tho the Inland Empire In tho the In Interests crests of or the Fifth Congress and Ex Exposition Exposition position The plan Is to have him visit every ever farming community In tho the district and anti address Rs tho tO commercial bodies hollies and farmers associations to t arouse their Interest and ad secure their co operation In the preparation for or tho coming meeting them to arrange for suitable exhibits and organize rep representative representative delegations to attend tho the Congress Governor M I E B Hay of Washington addressed the Washington Board Doard of or Control his hearty beErt Inter Interest Interest est In the coming cOlln meeting Ho IJo urged upon the tho commercial commer al bodies and farm farmers farmers ers f societies of or tho Northwest par par those Jn In tho the Inland Empire section the advantage of thorough cooperation with wih the board In making arrangements for tho the Congress and Exposition saying The Thc practical l education of the tho farmers formers of Washington In better beter methods of agriculture which will wi re result r suit stilt from the holding of or the Fifth Dry Farming Congress at nt Spokane will wl be worth many times the tho cost coat cat of entertaining this International con convention C convention enton and will return high Interest on the Investment through all al time timeto to come Both as an a official of o the Je state of Washington and as a citizen I am deeply Interested In lii the move more movement mont ment represented by tho the Dry D Farming Congress It I is a movement which means greater renter development of every evor agricultural section of or the west and means superlative benefits to tho the In Inland land lanil Empire through the education In better betor methods of ovary overy farmer and antI fruit grower groMer grOler in the tho Northwest There Is no butler betler beter class clas of agriculturists in the world than these the Inland Empire farmery and fruit growers r but there are many problems peculiar to I the Northwest and to other sections less Jess favored climatically which the Dry Farming Forming Congress Is solving and anti Its work will wl result In bettor boter harvests when farmers and anti our learn the principles of or the tho higher ag agriculture a g the tho dry drY farming methods In the Improvement of their crops |