The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-03-05
Dry Farming Congress C'oses at Cheyenne

Cheyenne last week, were given resolutions
After struggle the of the organization wa,
changed t. the Dry Farming Congress, and perma
nent headquarters will he established Information on
dry farming will be gathered from all point, OF the
world and given to the public. State and government
assistance will be asked.
The legislature of the western states in ses,uT
will lie urged pass laws allowing the expenditure
funds iur dry farming experiments and development o
each county throughout the arid belt and the gvern
ment will be officially asked to Investigate and II
possible prevent further damage by floods VI the Ar
kansas river in Colorado and Kansas.
Billings, Montana selected the meeting place
for the next congress- which will be held during No
yember Of this year. The date will be fixed by he
executive committee
c. l. Sragraves, general colonization agent of the
Atchi~on Topeka and Fe railway. addressed hr
congress The Relation of Dry Farming TO Western
immigration" He said:
DRY Farming, to be exact, Scientific Soil Cul
ture is playing very important part in colonizng the
lands in the semi arid sections of the south west
'ln the early days of central, and especially western
Kansas ii WAS hit miss with the homeseeker, more
often miss. When harvest time with crop Il
harvest, the poor settler loaded his family and his few
worldly possessions the prairie schooner that hat
brought him west and headed back his wife
folks, ready condemn and a country which h
did not understand.
There were, however, some disastrous years wher
could not produce crops The history of western
Kansas decade ago has been paraellcd in many othe
sections in the west Thousands OF acres of land re
garded first almost worthless. have been reclaimed
at the expense of much hard work crI
failures, bankruptcy and hard>hips which the weake
ones could long endure But the strong resOurcelu
courageous who stuck TO his pow, finally the
fight and proSpered
These, together with those who forced to re
main and could not get away, finally pulled through
and under circumstances that the present generation
would not have the courage to face. These pictures OF
dry farming deserve unsnted praise for demonstrating
the agricultural possibilities Of those sections where
rainfall is twenty inches and less While they
all proven the percenag ges sufficiently
to demonstrate the practicability Of this method.
Scientific soil culture is not fad, simply a common
sense method practically applied and principal in
which progressive farmers becoming interes
even in regions of ample rainfall.
This is true not ouy OF the west. butt likewise
the east, as we receive many inquiries from eastern
farmers who information about dry farming as a
piled in the west.
DRY farming has been very important factor in
settling thousands upon thousands Of public
domain in southwestern Kansas, Colorado and New
Mexico
The wealth thus added all this new territory
runs the millions of dollars, every family per
manently located becomes producer and consumer
THE settler has much better chance than the
old. He has many advantages usually has more capital
is far better equipped in the way of information tC
climatic conditions character of soil crops
successfully grown, that the danger of total croI
failure is mnimiZed.
ITO the who is looking to better his condition
and to make home for himself and family in the semi
arid advise Investigation before making
move. Our great purpose is as far possible to
educate that family in advance the country in
which they are interested and its possibilities
Many thbuS Df laDdar vaiti
the hOme-mak and the good work done by this
gress, the railroads and the agricultural institutions
the scientific experiments being conducted by mel
of national reputation will the reclamation
much land and the making of prosperous homes for tn.
coming generation.
'By keeping up steady campaign Of education
and experiments the showing in the years will
mean great deal the semi-arid sections the west