The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-24

tests. They desire that the annual meet
ing be held in Colorado Springs and the
secondary affair in Buffalo They claimed
mat the majority OF the men who would
attend the annual meeting were resi-
delts OF the west and that they should
not be compelled to go as far as Buffalo.
The discussion tasted over an hour and
"dNtu warm al times Finally, on the
-ct.ilcst OF Chairman Booth oil the or
sahization committee that part Of the
epoFl FetaunS 10 the place of holding
he next annual meeting was referred
DaeA 10 the committee with instructions
20 report al ll:30 tomorrow morning.
Today s session was devoted principal
~ 10 papers and addresses pertaining ex-
cluSlVelN TO the question of practical wa
Lerlng and reclamation of arid lands and
arid plant life,
Stuart on Possibilities.
The session was called TO order at Il
ID. C., presiding. Wesley A Stuart OF
oJUrgis, ). D., was introduced and spoke
cation Stands For"
lie said in part:
As its name implies, it is national in
the broadcast sense, national in its scope
effects.
out in the broad northwest, in that
flCh nut ra1niesS region, lies latent en-
pre- with soil as rich as sUubeamS ever
/ KISSED; Uiiabie area susceptible of ir-
rlgdttOn under the plans of our associa-
lion equal TO the state Of Hin Dis with
New ork and all New Englaud added.
There is this much land that is irris9bIe
aside from which lies adjacent a greater
area whose altitude pTeClUdeS irrigation,
, which would, though, be immeas ura bly,
improved as stock ranges by the per
/ maneHt increase of humidity that would
/ tolloW hood storage, forest growing and
general Irrigation
1t is easy TO imagine what all this
VIII mean to the eastern factory owner.
/ 10 the wholesalers. to every factor of pro-
/ ductOn IN the east also what il will
mean IN the Way of increased freight and
n -
/ iem In the nation when arid America is
redeemed
). n. Emory of Bozeman. Mont. presi-
dent or the Montana Horticultural So
! clety, followed with paper on "Pracu-
cal Irrigation.
Professor f. H King Of the Wisconsin
agricultural experiment station spoke
about IRRIGATION and Increased PrOduc-
! ton in Humid Climates lie said in
"On the lighter soils. of which there
are many thousands of acres east of
/ the mississippi river. and whose water
( capacity Is small, there Is every reason
( to think that supplementary irrigation
/ VIII give much larger percentage Of
J gains. especially under high feTtiliza-
A letter from Professor E. B. voorhees,
/ OF the New Jersey agricultural expert
! n5.At stallOn, was read 1t dealt with
Fronts From Irrigation in the East.
Mckinley Is Asked TO Act.
The following resolution was adopted
&
( THE ninth annual session OF the Ma
I JiOnal Irrigation congress. now in SEES
/ sion IN Chicago, respectfully urges that
/ IN your message to congress you call at
tent.On to the national Importance of the
preservation of the forests and of the
! exreC--Gu and the conservative use of
emphasize the need of national action to
! store the flood waters that now so TO
/ Former Governor Prince of New Mexico
submitted the following resolution;
! That the congress of the United States
! be requested so TO amend the law usually
| apply 10 the territories as well as to the
| states
John Henry Smith Talks.
| The resolution was referred to the COM
/ mlttee on resolutions. John Henry Smith
/ of Salt Lake then spoke on the ''Suoju-
cation of the Deserts after which Il
/ recess was taken.
At the afternoon session a letter was
/ read from Secretary Wilson, dealing with
/ Forestry and Irrigation"
/ Secretary Wilson letter was in part
/ The chief dangers which threaten your
( plans-one, Jne failure to secure the bmid-
/ Ing Of these great works, the other the
( failure To protect the forests from which
/ your waters COme-are best met. like
most or the dangers which threaten our
! country bv the broad diffusion of wise
principles aud ways OF thought among the
people The two sister organizations
which are striving for the objects you
J nave IN view the National lTrl2dIlOn as
ISOLATION and the American Forestry as
ISOLATION are perhaps the most useful
! agents at your command for this purpose.
/ I Sc and support them to the fun and see
/ e. il that I'm every city, town and village
/ east and west, the people understand the
vital interest of the whole nation IN the
protection and wise use of the forests and
the streams
New Crops For Arid Lands.
Arid plant life was discussed in a paper
/ on New Crops for Arid Lands by Fred
( erick Y. COvllIe, b0tduiSt of the United
/ States department of agriculture
/ In Transforming the plains and the
/ deserts from purely q st23nS region 10
( one in which crop growing shall assume
/ an important position, both theory and
/ costly eNpefience ln9lcate maj the Varle-
( ties Of fruits. cereals and other crops most
J successful in the humid east are failure in
the arid west. The most pronounced sue
J ceSses in arid land agriculture have come
I from crops introduced into the United
1 States from those parts Of the word in
1 pTacticed for centuries. About 1888 Kan
J SES began the cultivation of a cereal and
+ forage plant from Egyt and Indian known
! as kahr corn In lHs@ the value OF the
Kansas crop was S653. OgU. in 1895 s.. $50. GO,
/ i'm fogT Sf211.GHs. and I'm 1855, S5.S42. 001.
The Turkey wheat now so extensively
, SrG~n I'm the great plains is an immigrant
/ from Russia The cold resistant variety
( oft alfalfa recently introduced by the de
! promises 70 effect an Important extension
/ U the cultivation r. crop into the
/ higher and more no. plains The
{ date palm has now beer -.cceSSfully in
/ IIodlfced into southern Arizona. and eN-
/ tcn~ive experiments under the auspices
{ of the goyerHmtst are under way.
I There has been set aside from the con-
/ gres~i0Eai seed distribution appropriation
+ . special fund which the department of
agriculture Is deyoting to a systematic
prosecution of this plant introduction
work. within the past three years new
plants have been Imported which are
capable of adding enormously TO the girl
ssfrI rF7.4H
! PRODUCTION OF EIu~hu rice, brought from
J Jauan two years ago by one Of the de-
partmeurS agricultural explorers means
J a saving to Louisiana rice planters of
81 51' .9a wear
'.The arid west will profit especially by
. these lmpUrtaUOnS of new crops. because
the arid land agriculture is comparatively
new and unGeveioDedr and offers at-rac-
b tive and lucrative possibilities both 10 the
. exuerimenter and the practical agricultuT-
+ sst.''
An Indispensable Factor in Success
/ was the topic of a paper by Henry James,
editor OF the Forester of Washing
..The Water Supply of Cities was topic
of a paper by J. W Tonmey of the FOres,
school New Haven, Conn.
The last paper of the afternoon was by
L. c. Powers. chief statistiCian in charge
of agriculture, twelfth census of the
United States OF Irrigation and AgTl-
cultural Development
/ Officers Are Recommended.
After the conclusion of the papers, b.