The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-06

supply all the needs of the camp.
Also the new Ely-Goldfield railroad
is going to open up an immense
amount of country that will give
large opportunity to those of us who
want to reach out along dry farm
ing lines. Consequently the Billings
session of the congress doubtless WIFI
interest not a few here.
at was conceded the largest ma
tional gathering of farmers in the
history of the country. Compared
with the congress two years ago with
a few hundred in attendance, this
year the attendance ran up in the
thousands, showing the wonderful
and rapid development of this or
%ganization. A strong attempt was
made by several states represented
in the congress to change the name
DRY Farming to a more suitable
name which would not be so mislead-
ing to the average person. However,
the name Dry Farming remained I'M
changed. n term is not mislead-
ing to men interested in this line of
work. They know that dry farming
means farming under conditions of
a small amount of rainfall, ranging
from 10 to 20 inches a year, and very
few have the idea that this term
means farming without any rain
fall. Good Farming" was the most
suitable term suggested at the con-
gress, but good farming may apply
to farming in regions of heavy rain
fall, or to farming under irriga-
tion.
ut was stated in the congress that
the term dry farming" is a great
drawback to homeseekers. This, how
ever, is not true, since in most OF
the dry farming states the. settlers
are coming in faster than they can
be accommodated. 1t is much better
to establish a few farmers as perma-
nent settlers than to have the home
seekers Swarm in, find out that they
cannot be accommodated and in two
or three weeks return disappointed.
Most of the farmers who settle in re-
gions where the annual rainfall is
less than 20 inches, know that they
will have to farm under different
methods than in humid or irrigated
regions, however many of these farm
ers lack the desired knowledge
which they need for a possible sue
cess IN CnlS WOrk.
Considerable discussion was CIV
en- to the place of meeting for the
Dry Farming congress of 1910. Spo-
kane, Wash, and colorado Springs,
Colo, were the two cities in ques-
ton. Spokane, being the larger
city, will undoubtedly give the con-
gress better accommodations than
would Colorado Springs, but the
southwestern states fought for the
southern meeting place since they
are in greater need of the help of the
congress than Washington, and if the
congress did not come south next
year they were afraid that some of
the southern states would lose inter1
est in the organization by CHASING it
a northwest congress rather than a
national congress. Washington has
been practicing dry farming for the
last 80 years, and it will be interest
ing to the farmers and other states
to see what the farmers of Washing
ton have accomplished with a limited
supply of moisture, by carefully fol-
lowing the dry farming methods of
culture.
Nevada was represented at the
Dry Farming congress by G.. S.
Knight, agronomist at the Nevada ex-
pertinent station, who addressed the
congress on 'Oonquering the Desert
in Nevada" He stated that dry farm
ing in Nevada might be compared to
the first chapter of a continued story.
AT the last legislature an %appropria-
ton was made for purchasing a
farm (Which has recently been To-
Gated in Elko county,, to be used
for dry farming Investigations. This
will begin the dry farming move
ment in this state"