Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-14
President Fisher Harris Com.
pletes Plans for Con-
ventiOn Program.
TWELVE BUSY SESSIONS.
Three Win be Held on Each Day
eliminating in Election OF
Officers Saturday.
Or Social Features n Tabernacle Con-
cert Thursday Evening and Trip
no Logan Are Planned.


With the exception of a. very few
speeches. the general program for the
second annual Dry Farming congress.
TO convene in Salt Lake City Jan. %
mas been completed. Today 1t is given
out by President Fisher Harris in its
| mai form, and it calls for four DAYS
| or the most strenuous activity.
On the morning of the first day. the
opening exercises will be an invoca-
ton by Rev. p A. simpkin. following
the call to order by Vice President
| Donohue Of Colorado. and this in turn
to be followed by an address of well
come by Gov. Cutler another by Mayor
Bransford. and response by Hon.
Bryant B. Brooks governor of wyo-
ming.
The great scope of territory embraced
in the dry farm movement is suggest
ed by the fact that delegates come
from 16 states, each one of which has
report to make on progress during
the afternoon session OF Wednesday
SOCIAL FEATURE.
Thursday evening. the second day OF
the convention, the first social feature
| Will be given. This will consist OF a
grand concert in the tabernacle. with
seats specially reserved for all visiting
| delegates
Again, on Sunday, following the adj
| journment of the congress, an excur-
sion to Logan is planned, but not fully
prepared yet for final announcement.
The business features will reach
| climax in the eleventh session, to be
held Saturday afternoon. At this time
the election OF officers will be held and
the place for holding the next meeting
win be decided upon.
The program In full Is as follows:
Morning--Call 20 order by Vice
President j l.. Donohue of Colorado.
Invocation by Rev. p. A. Simpkin. pas
tor Phillips Congregational church.
Address of welcome by Hon. John
c. Cutler. governor OF Utah. Address
of welcome by Hon. John s. Brans-
ford mayor of Salt Lake City.
Response to addresses of welcome by
Hon. Bryant b. Brooks, governor OF
| Wyoming.
Appointment of committee on res
| buttons.
! Appointment of committee on cree
Afternoon--Rsport of comittee on
credentials.
Annual address by Vice President
John l.. Donohue of Colorado.
Reports from members of the eS-
ecuive committee on the progress of
dry farming development druing 1907.
in the following states and
territories: Arizona Idaho. Me-
bTaska North Dakota, Texas,
Wyoming, California, Kansas. Nevada,
Oklahoma. Utah, Colorado, Montana.
New Mexico, South Dakota, Washing
ton.
EvenIng-"The Range and Dry
Farming" by Prof Gordon II. True OF
the University of Nevada.
State Aid In Dry Farming" by
DIR, E. d. Bell, director. Utah ex-
pertinent station.
TO be announced.
THURSDAY, JAN, &c.
"Dry Farming--Past and Future" by
Prof f. c. Chilcott la charge Of Office
of dry land agriculture. bureau OF
plant Industry, L. 5. department Of
Agriculture Washington ID. c.
1.-The FAN Flowing of Dry Land" by
DR.. Il. r.. Nichols, president Kansas
State Agricultural college. Manhattan,
Kas
"The Relation Of the Railroads to the
Dry Farmer" by Mr.. D. Glenn Deaver,
passenger department G. 3. g. g. Ry.,
omaha, Neb
| AlltTll0tIl-- IJiOllll tkEHlSldilL 9Idlil
Crops" by Prof w. M. Jardine as
sistant celealist office OF grain inves-
legations, bureau of plant industry. U.
$. department OF agriculture, Washing
ton. ID. c.
"Drouth Resistant Crops and Their
Treatment" by On. V. u. Cooke OF
| Cheyenne, Wyo.
THE Utilization of Limited Water
Supplies on Dry Farms" by Prof. Sam
uel Fortier, chief Of irrigation inyesti-
cations bureau of plant industry, U.
s department of agriculture, Wash
| ington, ID. c..
"The Methods of Dry Farming In
Utah" by Prof. L. A. Merrill. editor OF
the Deseret Farmer and manager OF
the Utah Arid Farm association, Salt
Lake City. Utah.
Evening-Beginning at s o'clock
promptly there viii be given a musical
festival In the great tabernacle. In
honor OF the visiting delegations. for
whom seats viii be specially reserved
FRIDAY. JAN "a.
"Dry Land Tree Crops" by Prof.
Sllas @. Mason, office OF plant life hiss
tory, bureau OF plant industry. U, S.
department of agriculture, Washing
ton. ID. G.
Good Roads and the Farmer" by
Prof fl. ~ Banner. professor OF farm
lege Fort Collins, Colorado
Summer Fallowlng In Relation 10
| Dry Farming In the Great Basin, 10y
| Prof q. S. Scohed, in oilTrg.
nee OF agricultural extension, bureau
OF plant industr
agriculture, Washington, ID, Q.
"The control O. moisture on tne Dry
Farm By Pref Alfred AtSinsoh'
ngrunowst Nnr experiment sla-
ton Bozeman, Mont.
AFTERNOON
| "Congre sion
sary to Dry Farming Development
| bv Hon. j. Nj. carey 10 Cuty eNAt' WYE
"Dry Farming" BY MI ~ NJ 1a4tiF
bell OF Lincoln. Neb,, originator OF lna
Cainpbell systom OF scientific SOL cur
| ture, .,.,..,,.. r,ona,-
| ,t.,,s ~ M Greul Plains DN pr. ~.
!. briggs. IN charge Of physical isppl
atorv bureau OF plant Industry,