Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-10-16
DRY FARMING CONGRESS
CALLS FOR STATISTICS ON
ARID LAND AGRICULTURE

Secretary John t. Burns of the Dry
Farming Congress has sent $4,000
statistician IS 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 stations,
superintendents of demonstration
farms, officers of state agricultural col
leges and practical farmers in all the
districts of the world where agriculture
is being practiced under so-called dry
farming systems, or where the climatic
conditions are such that dry farming
methods could be applied. Introductory
to the questions to be answered, Secre-
tary Burns says:
1.-THE Dry Farming Congress desires
to do a practical work for the dry
farming operators and students of the
world. Hence, we forward this blank
with the urgent appeal to every dry
farmer, experiment station director,
member or non-member of the con-
gress, to assist us in assembling the
facts regarding dry farming success
or failure and causes thereof. If not
possible to fill out this report imme
diately, please send it in before Octo-
Der ], if possible, as the statistician IS
report must be compiled before Octo-
Der IS. We wish to place before the
members of the congress and the
press of the world the exact facts
about the arid districts where dry
farming is being attempted and we
urge upon you the value to your COM
munity of giving us a conservative
statement of facts over your sigma
ture.
The reports will be compiled and
{ the information contained in the re
; plies presented by the statistician in
his report to the Fourth Dry Farming
, Congress at Billings Montana, Octo
Der 26-2s.
Each person receiving one of these
blanks is asked to tell the congress
what is the approximate acreage Of
!. dry land under cultivation in hi
: county; approximate possible tota
1 dry land development; average rain
4 fall: season of maximum rainfall; D
. irrigation and dry farming are prac
ticed in combination; if summer fal
lowing or annual cropping is fol
} lowed; how long dry farming has bee
; tested in the district and the result
4 what crops have been grown in tn
p last three years and under what con
ditiOns; describe methods of cultiva
n ton; give statistics on maximum an
N minimum average acre yield of va
! rious crops; TO give personal exper
ence and methods followed and max
suggestions helpful TO other farmers.
1.-THE statistician s report proved on
e Of the most valuable practical feature
y Of the third session Of the congress,
le said Secretary Burns, "and the nes
le report, which will be presented at th
a. Fourth Congress at Billings, will /
~ far more useful because Of the br0ad'
!. field from which the information wi
: be obtained. Since the material for III
. first report was gathered the congre
has expanded into an internatiOnl
ID movement, and this year we are calliI
le upon dry farmers IN every COUNT
.k where dry farming Is praetieed or po
d. sible for information as 40 their met
le DDS and results. IN this report we sha
u place before the world in concise bl
comprehensive form, the story Of n
u actual results of dry farming prineipl
p pui in practice by practical farmers.