Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-09-16
nv Farming Congress Calls For
w. S,.s;,,ics On Arid Land Agri-
culture

Secretary John I. Burns Of the
49, Earning Congress, has sent 49,
1o ststistician's report blanks to
s,.,,.rs throughout the world for the
,,rnose of gathering data on the ac-
.,I results of dry farming this year.
Those blanks are addressed to mem
hare If the congress, directors of ex-
..,iment stations, superintendent Of
demonstration farms, officers of state
agricultural colleges and practical
farmers in all the districts Of the
world where agriculture is being
racticed under so-called dry farming
svsterls. or where the climatic condi-
tions are such that dry farming meth
DDS could be applied. Introductory to
be questions to be answered, Secre-
ay Burns says;
"The Dry Farming Congress de-
sres to do 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 direc-
tor. member or non member of the
congress, to assist us in assembling
The facts regarding dry farming sue
cess or failure and causes thereof.
Iinot possible to fill out this report
Immediately, please send it in before
October |, if possible, as the statisti-
Clans report must be compiled before
October 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
nanity of giving us a conservative
statement of facts over your sigma
tare. !"
The reports will be compiled and
tas information contained in the re-
plies presented by the statistician in
Als report to the Fourth Dry Farming
Congress at Billings, Montana, Oeto-
Der 1928.
Each person receiving one of these
g'alAs Is asked to tell the congress
what is the approximate acreage Of
NY iaAa under cultivation in his coun-
" approximate possible total dry
'''a development; average rainfall !;
's'Son q maximum rainfall; if irri-
s''lon and dry farming are practiced
s" combination; if summer following
@'''l0al cropping is followed; how
rs Dry farming has been tested in
@s district and the result; what crops
4''s 0een grown in the last three
''o and under what conditions
s>''oe methods of cultivation; give
statistics on maximum and minimum
,9age acre yield of various crops;
sss personal experience and meth |
s.'., followed and make suggestions
helpful !.n to other farmers.
N. !, Inc e st"tistieian's report proved
h,,s y 'ae most vaIua~l!e practical fea-
y,.., - ;, The third session of the con
tbs -. said Secretary Burns, and
I'd ID a af1 "a report which will be presen-
- Tue Fourth Conorass - mn
d ~ ~, VIII be far more useful because
isto ,..s broader field from which the
ae , nst..'n, will be obtained Since
g.th .ss,s' "a for the first report was
into s an ,s The congress has expanded
tbIs va, International movement and
i.so ssaf We are calling upon dru
t.rn S,a = every country where dry
ipi,r r,,,s : praetieed or possible for
results a..' 10 as as to their methods and
lt,'s th ~ this report We shall place
nsl.p.ir, f world in concise but com
W r,salt. lo ot the story Of the &C
P'ta prasti :, t D., farming principles
~ practical farmers. J,