The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-01-14
COLORADO'S EXECUTIVE
CALLS MEETING TOTALR
ON DRY FARMING"
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT
Large Number Of Delegate,
Looked iOr.

For the first time in the history O.
/ America "a general movement has
I been inauguratCd looking toward tht
rapid DEVELOPMENT and settlement ol
the dry land sections of The west
Acting on the suggestion OF many O.,
I Colorado's business men. Governor
Jesse f. Mcdonald of Colorado. ha
called the Trans Missouri Dry Farm
ON The Gath and 25th of this month
The call has been sent to cvery state
west OF The Missouri river and assul
ances have already been received
that delegates viii come. with state
/ sanction, from practically all OF tbs
/ sixteen commonwealth included il
I the call
The importance of this moyemen
4 cannot be- overCstimated Niht acre
of farm land ont OF every ten in th
/ whole country west of the ninety
I eighth meridian can never be irrigal
/ ed and because of the slight rainfall
! most Of this great territory must lool
for its redemption entirely to som
/ method of scientific agriculture.
Within the last decade the spyeat
/ OF the ao+callcd Campbell system
more commonly known as dry farm
ing has convinced thinking men q
I ,he country that i'm some such methot
as this lies the agricultural savatio
/ OF the west and II IS now proposed
/ TO start a broad. mpreiudiced move
meat in which evey state aliectct
I shall take part 10 further deyelo
/ these soil culture systems and brin
I them TO the attention of the world
/ large.
/ u is necessary also so il rs said by
) thusc who D~c interested that som
I steps be taken to educate the farmers
! who are today coming into the dr.,
lands OF the west In Colorado alont
/ 75, 900 new homeseekers have settled
/ themselves within year. lively
\ hundred homostoads IL Kit Carso
/ county Colorado we've taken up ID
1906. and this record was almost
not quite equalled by other countie
( in other western states. or thes
great bodies of settlers the large
/ proportion are from eastern states
and are entirely unfamiliar with th
western conditions.
Tho purpose OF the congress whici
will meet in Denver this month Is
first of all. TO form a permanent edt
Cational interstate organization
somewhat on Che line OF the Natiunt
Irrigation Congress-. and second, {
afford a full and free discussion q
\ the principles Of scientific soil cultur
and of their development IN the ives
/ Speakers viii be present from ever
state west of the Missouri river. IN
/ United States Department of Agr
I culture will be represented 1T is hopet
/ by Secretary wilson. Every agricu
/ mral college n the west viii have IL
man in attendance Mead OF Wash
ngton. Campbell of Nebraska, OH
I of Colorado Iordlno of Utah and
score of others OF the brightest agr
cultural minds In the country are o.
the program. and few things that rt
fer To- dry farming will remain unsai'
I'm order TO prevent the gatherin
OF a large and unweildy voting DodA
4 Governor Mcdonald has limited th'
number of official delegates who ma
| attend Logan county however
entitled to ten delegates. Copies
the official call, and an urgent inu
tation io anpoint delegates az onct
have been sent 10 the county com
misslOncrs. and it is expected ina
they viii act in the matter within tn
next few days.
In spite of the voting limit, however
|. Il is desired that every farmer an'
business man in Logan county Wh'
is interested in dry farming and cm
| get away from home should atten'
regardless of whcther or not he b.
an official delegate from the conn4
Convention headouartcE have hecl
| opened in Denver whore an visitor
VIII be made welcome and lnll inior
nation given.