Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-21
DRYI7ARM|NG
CONGRESS IN
D { n Y { R
EVERY STATE WEST OF THE
MISSOURI REPRESENTED
Agricultural Experts From
Many Colleges Besides Those
Employed by Federal Gov
eminent to Be Present.
IBy Morning Journal special Leased wire.i

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
Denver Colo. Jan. 20.--The Trans
Missouri Dry Farming congress, which
meets in this city on Thursday and
Friday Of this week. will bring to-
gether the greatest number Of agricul-
ural experts ever gathered together at
one time in this country The conven-
tion was called by Governor Jesse A.
Mcdonald as the beginning of a unit
ed interstate movement for the deVel-
opment and settlement of the so-called
"semi-arid" district of the West No
less than twelve experts from the de-
phrtment of agriculture at Washing
ton Will be here, Every agricultural
college and state university west of
the Missouri river will have one or
more men in attendance. Every gov
ernor of the sixteen states included i'm
the cali will either be present in per-
son or send special representative
In addition, there Will be hundreds of
business men from the cities and
towns In all the country between the
Missouri river and the Pacific coast
and hundreds OF plain farmers who
have been growing good crops in the
Western semi-arid districts for de-
cades without failure
The purpose Of the congress is first.
to afford 4 chance for full discussion
Of the dry farming problem In re-
gions Of slight rainfall and second. to
form a permanent organization whose
energies shall educate the people of
the country concerning actual condi-
tiuns and possibilities in the West
will he IN attendance VIII be T. G.
Chilcott. in charge of the govern
ment's dry land work in the West: a.
Carleton. who introduced durnm
wheat into America; T. II. Kearney,
who brought the date palm from the
sahara desert TO Arizona and thereby
opened up 4 new and profitable indus
try IN that territory; Elwood Meade.
chief of the bureau Of irrigation and
drainage INVESTIGATIONS O. j. Slntheo.
author Of the denatured alcohol bill
and Clifford Pinchot. chief Of the gov
ernment forestry service
Fully fifty men from the agricu-
tural colleges and state universities
are coming, among them being Prof
Samuel Fortier of the University of
California. Alfred Atkinson Of Mon
tana r. NJ Tisdel and b. c. Buffum
tll w NOlllnEt r.. VI INnlSNIltfNs T.. y.
Burnett and w P. Snyder of Ne
braska, John Fields of oklahoma: r.
A, Yoder William Jardine ana John
Widstoe of Utah w. G. French and
G. a. Crosthwaite Of Idaho; j. y.
Tinsley OF New Mexico: w p. Head
ley of Texas, and w. H. Elling and a.
NJ Teneyck of Kansas. The railroads
OF the country will also be well repre-
sented. among their delegates being
George H. Nicholson. third vice pres
ident of the Santa Fe; Wesley Merritt,
Industrial commissioner for the Santa
Fe. G. II Schmidt immigration com
missioner for the Rock Island. and j.
II. Burtner. district passenger agent Of
the salt Lake, Los Angeles route The
Missouri Pacific the Burlington. the
Union Pacific and all OF the Colorado
roads will also be represented, and it
is expected that one session of the
congress will be turned over to the
railroad men on the program. Though
this will be the first meeting of the Dry
Farming congress, there Is every lndi-
cation, that on account OF the great
interest which scientific farming meth
DDS have aroused among all students
Of agricultural affairs, the Denver con-
vention will he the most important
agricultural gathering ever held in the
West