The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-27

success. will appoint delegates as re
quested, and forward their names to you
in due time.
From j. X Tooie. governor of Mon
tana: with the purposes of the or
ganization / am in full sympathy, feel
ing that these conferences of men inter
ested in dry farming must result In a
great deal of good to the states of the
Semi-arid portions of the west"
From Prof. E. r. Nichols, president of
Kansas Agricultural college: Il wish to
sion of the Trans, Missouri Dry Farming
congress. l am also pleased to note that
the second session is to be held the last
OF January. This farmers congress has
great field and can do very much to-
ward Increasing the agricultural products
and the prosperity of the country.
Il never attended an agricultural meet
ing y here there was much interest and
enthusiasm as was shown at the first
meeting at Denver last January. l am
looking forward to the second meeting in
your city with great expectations
Has Great Future.
From Prof. f. Benjamin Andrews
chancellor University of Nebraska: I'VE
at this university are much interested In
the cause of dry farming and regard it
as one of the great interests of the coun-
try. We wish the approaching congress
all possible success under your agrees
sive presidency.
The only caution to be observed is
that we do not in our zeal for a great
cause play into the hands of farm land
dealers and get our utterances used Us
advertising material for land speculation.
Dry farming has a great future. but the
farmer who buys land for this use needs
to be honestly warned that labor. skill.
care and perseverance will be needed
more than farming by the Old method
has required A paper or two on this
cautionary side of the subject might
prove valuable.
From Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler
H. -
am sure that our agricultural depart
ment viii be glad to cooperate with YOU
in carrying out the purpose of the sec
ond session of the congress. We shall
ent, and be assured of my best wishes for
the success OF the congress-
From Hon. George e. Chamberlain.
governor of Oregon; ut will afford me
great pleasure to appoint delegates to this
congress, and l hope in making the Sc
lection / may fall upon men who will
make 1t a part of their duty to attend.
II ! can get away from my duties at that
time | assure you that nothing would
afford me more pleasure than to ne with
you to assist in the deliberations of the
congress. | would like to see it a success
not only for the purposes for which il
president"
From DIR. L. ]. Briggs. physicist in
charge, bureau OF plant industry, United
States department of agriculture: Il
of the officers of the department i'm the
proceedings of the congress, as is indi-
Gated by the accompanying copy of a let
ter from Mr.. Galloway, chief of the blI-
reau of plant industry. addressed to the
members of the bureau of plant industry
VINO are specializing in some phase of
dry farming. 1t is expected that the bII-
reau of plant industry will have five or
six representatives from Washington and
the bureau OF animal industry the forest
service and the office of irrigation in
vestigatlons will also be represented. Il
have seen personally a number of the
men who expect to be present and in
close herewith list of the subjects up-
on which they will be prepared to speak
| wish to assure you of my own personal
interest in making the meeting helpful to
all who attend il, and I shall be glad to
assist you in any way that l can to make
the convention a success
From DR.. B. s. Galloway. chief of oll-
reau of plant industry, United States de-
partment of agriculture: The impor-
lance Of the subject with which this con-
vention has to deal. and the great infIu-
ence of its deliberations upon the people
of the Trans Missouri states. make it
imperative that the department should
have an adequate representation at the
congress ."