Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-01
DRY FARMING CONGRESS
CALLS FOR STATISTICS ON
ARID LAND AGRICULTURE

Secretary John T. Burns OF the Dry
Farming Congress has sent 15,ooo
statistician s report blanks to farmers
throughout the world for the purpose
Of gathering data on the actual results
of dry farming this year. These blanks
are addressed to members OF the con
gress, directors of experiment statlons,
snnprintepdents of demonstration
| farms. officers of state agricultural col
Iepes and practical farmers IN all the
districts of the world where agriculture
! is being practiced under so-called ury
farming systems, or where the climatic
conditions are such that dry farming
methods could be applied. Introductory
to, the questions to be answered. o0'io
tary Burns says: ao,iuos
1.-THE Dry Farming Congress desires
to do practical work for the uly
farming operators and students Oh the
world. Hence, we forward this blank
with the urgent appeal to every airy
tanner. experiment station DIRECTOR
,,,or,har or non-member of the CON
cross to assist us in assembling the
Facts regarding dry farming success
~ 20 il,re and causes thereof. Ii not
Dossible TO fill out this report lmme'
aio+oIv nlease send it in before Octo
bor if possible, as the statlstlclan
ronort must be compiled before Octo-
har * We wish to place before tne
, In, bors of the congress and tne
nross of the world the exact 1aets
1T the arid districts where uly
farming is being attempted ana we
go mon YOU the value to your com
F mnnity of giving us cohseig atr 49,
statement of facts over youi
ture. =, :. oonniled and
+bo inflammation contained IN the re-
niies presented by the statlst1elan ~ ~
: P;loI roport TO the Fourth Dry Farming
y T Ti1 at Billings Montana Oc'o
>, Der 1928. t.. ono of these
f lbs IS asked to tell the congress
, pi%n is the approximate acreage oi
- M Tn lond under cultivation IN hllE
: u1 approximate possible toia
II ~ sDt, land development; average ram y
D elXH season of maximum ralnfall; Il
i al, and dry farming are P[a ai
ni in combination; if summer fa di
Ilceu or annual cropping is toL
i iowns how long dry farming has peer pee
e 49, in the district and the result
te sot orons have been grown IN TN
10 1 %nf' three years and under what con
- t describe methods OF CUT, ave- {,
y e t,on. Give statistics on maximum a." ro
II tl lin im nm average acre yield OF n va
e, m minns crops; to give personal eAP ei,
a, Ice and methods followed ana niaH
e Il.oostions helpful to other farmers s..
IS sug t%Sn Cstatistician s report proved ON
e. +bo az most valuable practical 1eas .sa
"a % " t tbo third session of the congieso e.
a OF Ola 5ne Secretary Burns, "and the mex tS
I'd sad oe ,I5icb will be presented at tn n
re I Tdp"r+b Congress at Billings WI ,a =
er fouI more No useful because OF the oroau r;
Tar n eron, which the information WI vi
field Il n;no5 Since the material for IN
pc oo ranort was gathered the cong Ies
mrs. aVpanded into an lnterha doIIin
cd mas ,-o7nant and this year we are cam
y lmU drv farmers in every era or no,
upon u 5Iv farming is practite,ed OF , PG1i
on w .i eor information as to thelr met nSa
To sloie I9i resnlts. In this report we S9a
y. DDS ana q. te1 tbe world in concise 81 ~
ID place ,aSensiye form, the story Oh i'll, ~
com COMP results of dry farming pin oI e
an aetu2 a. i rpaetiee by practical farmers