Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
TO WIDEN WORK
OF DRY FARMING
CONGRESS TO AID DEVELOP
MENT OF ARID LAND
TlLLING SOIL SEEMINGLY BAR
Rem TO BE EXTENDED
Organization for Promotion of Agri=
culture Where Moisture Is Lack
ing Will Meet in Billings
Next Year
[By Associated Pr4ss.l

CHEYENNE. Wyo, Feb. 25.-The
last hours of the dry farming congress
were given over to the consideration Of
resolutions and the delegates were
unanimous in their support of the
measure tending to enhance the scope
of the congress and aid the develop
ment Of arid land.
The delegates unanimously adopted
a resolution declining to advocate any
special method of dry farming, and
favoring the investigation Of all meth
DDS.
After struggle in which the name
international Dry Farming congress"
was advocated by many Delegates, the
name Of the organization was changed
! to the Dry Farming congress- and
resolutions were adopted providing for
a permanent headquarters, the spread
of dry farming information and the
gathering of dry farming information
throughout the world.
In this latter project, government as
Sistance is asked.
The legislatures of the eastern states
now in session will be urged to pass
laws allowing the expenditure of funds
| for dry farming experiments and de-
Velopment by the county commission
ers of each county throughout the arid
belt, and the government will be asked
to investigate and if possible, prevent
the damage in Colorado and Kansas
by the floods of the Arkansas river.
The methods of unscrupulous land
dealers that have tended to bring dry
farming districts into disrepute among
the home-seeking public were de-
nounced, and steps will be taken to
counteract the effect of misleading ad-
vertisements.
Billings Next Meeting Place
Billings, Mont, was selected as the
place Of the meeting next year, which
will be held in November. The dates
will be fixed by the executive commit
tee.
At the session of the transmissouri
dry farming congress this morning the
congress concurred in the recommenda-
ton of the executive committee that
the next place Of meeting be at
Billings, Mont. The time of the con-
| greSS was also fixed for November of
| this year, the exact date to be fixed
| by the executive committee. The COM
| mittee also recommended the elimina-
tion of the word ''transmissouri' from
the name of the congress, leaving it
simply THE Dry Farming congress-"
The Billings delegation guaranteed to
raise fund sufficient for the proper
handling of the next congress.
In addition to the address by Prof.
Campbell, which was frequently inter-
rupted by questions, Hon. John Henry
Smith of Salt Lake City made an elo-
quent address on the development of
the west and spoke at length on the
work of the pioneers of Utah and other
western states who had by irrigation
and dry farming, conquered the desert.
George l.. Farrell, also of Utah, gave
a practical talk on some of the re-
suits accomplished in that state and
the extent to which dry farming prin-
ciples are being adopted to all branches
of farming, including fruit raising and
| irrigation.
E. ]. Bell of Laramie, Wyo., spoke
on the dry farmer and the stockman,
and Prof Buffum Of Worland made an
address on seed breeding and it's rela-
tion to dry farming.
The morning session was presided
over by Governor B. B. Brooks Of Wyo-
ming.