The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-09

land when he described his orchard
in an address at the third dry farm
ing congress at Cheyenne, and has
promised to send an exhibit of his dry
farm horticultural products to the in
ternational exposition of dry farm
products when the dry farming con-
gress holds it's fourth session at Bill
ings, Mont, Oct. &c, 81, 2S next.
Everything looks promising for a
large fruit crop" writes Mr.. Parsons.
1.-THE buds have not started yet and
it will take three weeks of hot wealth.
er to fetch the bloom. There is lots
of water in the ground, nearly four
feet in our corn patch, and I am lay
ing plans for good exhibit of every
thing at Billings this fall.
mot a drop of water has been al
lowed to run off any of our fields this
winter. I have worked the ground
twice between October and March,
during the thaws.
81 am getting letters all the time
from dry farm correspondents"
That the people of southwestern
Kansas are deeply interested in the
work of the dry farming congress is
shown by the fact that at Syracuse,
Kas., weekly street meetings are be-
ing held at which the gospel of dry
farming is preached by practical
farmers. This idea was conceived
and is being carried out by G. R.
Hickok, editor of the Syracuse News,
and a member of the executive COM
mittee of the dry farming congress,
and Henry Block, Of Syracuse, an en-
thusiastic member of the congress.
These gentlemen have started an
active campaign for the conversion Of
the Sunflower state to dry farming
and are working in the face of much
prejudice with gratifying success.
While the southwestern part of the
state has seen the success of dry
farming methods demonstrated the
balance of Kansas is filled with
doubters who must be shown.
You will understand our position
here" writes Mr.. Hickok. I'VE have
only narrow strip in the western
end of the state that will admit that
we need these methods in Kansas.
The balance of the state is not in SYM
pathy with us to any great extent We
have first to convert our own people,
and this is the task we have set for
ourselves"
Working on the Kansans.
I'VE are trying in every way to
convince Kansas that the best thing
for all concerned is to come into the
open and say that the western end
of the state must use scientific dry
farming methods if it is to succeed
agriculturally. l believe we will have
Secretary Coburn's open endorsement
on that proposition, as well as that
of Gov. Stubs, in a short time. Our
congressman, E. H. Madison, has in
dorsed the work for this state. We
are working along this line to isolate
the real estate boomers who are back
of the anti-dry farming sentiment.
And we will make it win.
THE Syracuse Commercial club
mas spent some hundreds of dollars
in the last two years for the spread of
the dry farming gospel. 1t has de-
termined to hold a fair this fall be-
fore the Billings congress, and we
will send in the best exhibit that can
be made up from the products of
southwestern Kansas. This will in
clude the section south of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway and west of
Dodge City.
Every Saturday afternoon we have
a street meeting in the interest of dry
farming. If an out of town man of
any prominence comes along. we grab
him for a short talk Other times we
have talks by local men who have
been farming most successfully. The