Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-26
CONGRESS- DEMONSTRATES
IT'S BROAD -MINDEDNESS

Cheyenne Wyo., Feb 25,--The last
hour of the Dry Farming congress
was given over to the consideration Of
resolutions presented for eonsidera-
tion and whatever the attitude of the
delegates may have been on the tech-
nical points presented at the earlier
sessions they we're unanimous Ia their
support of the measures tendlng to
enhance De scope and cftect4sness
Of the congress and aid the develop
ment Of arid land agriculture The
resolutions were in most cases adopt
ed without debate
The broad mindcdness OF the con
gress was clearly shown when the
delegates unanimously adopted reso-
luton declining To advocate any spe-
cial method of dry farming as a body
and favoring the investigation Of the
merits Of all methods.
After struggle In which the name
"lnternational Dry Farming Con
gress" was advocated by many dele
gates, the name of the congress was
changed to the DRY Farming Con-
gress" and resolutions were adopted
providing for permanent hradqnar-
ters for the congress the spreading
of drv farming information and the
gathering of dry farming Information
not only throughout the United
states throughout the world In this
latter project government assistance
is asked.
The legislatures of the western
states now In session will be urged TO
pass laws allowing the expenditure OF
funds for dry farming experiments
and development by the county oom-
missioners of each county throughout
the belt The methods Of unscrupul-
Gus land dealers whose methods nave
tended to bring dry farming districts
into disreputc among the home-seek-
ing public were the subject of fierce
denunciation by the congress ana
steps viii be taken at once to coGn'
teract the effect OF misleading adj
vcrtisements.
Billings, Mont. was selected az the
next place Of meeting which VIII be
held during November of this year.
The dates viii be fixed by the execu-
tive committee
G. L. Seagraves. general colonial
ton agent of the Atchison. Topeka q
Santa Re railway. addressed the con-
gress on Relation of Dry Farming
to Western immigration.
In the early days Of central and west
ern Kansas. said Mr.. Scagrayes, It
was hit or miss with the homeseeker
moro often miss when harvest time
came with no crop 10 harvest the
poor settler loaded his family and his
few worldly possessions on the prairie
schooner and headed back east to his
wife's folks ready To condemn and
curse country which nc did not un-
dorstand But thousands Of acres Of
land regarded at first as almost
WORTHLESS have been reclaimed &C the
expense OF much hard work, crop fail
ures aud bankruptcy which the weak
er ones could not endure. But the
strong. resonrcoful courageous man
who stuck TO his play finally won
the fight and prospered Scientific
soil culture. Mr.. Seagravcs said, is not
q fad simply common sense meth
cd practically applied. DRY farming
has been very important factor IN
settling thousands upon thousands OF
acres Of the public domain in south
western Kansas. Colorado and New
Mexico Many thousand acres ot good
land are still awaiting the home
maker and the good work being done
hv this congress there and the agri-
cultural Institutions viii mean the
reclamation OF much land ana the
making Of prosperous homes for thf
coming generation.
At the night session addresses Nere
made by l. c Miilcit. of Pierre. ;
lD.. Prof " Il Olin. of Fort Collins
colo. and Senator McColl % Austria
liza senior l. Dssta-Neves delivered an