El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-17
DRY FARMERS Of.
TEXAS GATHER
TODAY
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experts as has ever taken place in
/ Texas
The exhibition of Dry Farm products
is going to be good one, too.
The congress will discuss the propo-
sition of sending Texas exhibit to the
meeting of the International Dry Farm
| congress at Spokane, Wash, in October.
First Session Tonight.
The progrom which opens tonight in
cludes an address of welcome by John
r. Sanford. president of the Eagle
by DR.. Benjamin F. Berkeley, of Alpine.
This will be followed by the annual re-
port Of president Martin.
There will also be an address by Prof.
s. H. Hastings, who is in charge of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture experiment farm at San Antonio
His subject will be Cultivation Of Soil
to Conserve Moisture
On Thursday the program will be
long one with many interesting fea-
| lures. The principal addresses will be
as follows:
Forage Crops of West Texas" ]. L.
Quicksall, special agent United States
department of agriculture, farmers
demonstration work, with headquarters
at Waco.
How to Raise Crops Successfully in
". NeiIl, director of farmers insti-
tutes, Texas state department of agri-
culture, Austin.
Farm Management in Dry Land Re
gions," Prof. B. YOungblood, special
agent United States department of agri-
culture, Oklahoma City. Okla.
Thursday and Friday.
Thursday evening there will be an
other session at which time the fol-
The Soil Mulch, by a Practical Soil
Mulcher," R r. CIaridge. agricultural
commissioner, I. & G. \. R. r, Pales-
tine.
''Undeveloped Resources Prof. H. P.
Attwater, industrial agent. Sunset-Cen- |
trail Route Houston.
Scientific Dry Farming in Mexico.
Sr. Zefirino Dominique. professor of !
agriculture, hacienda de Santa Maria, !
Coahuila, Mexico.
The concluding session will be held (
Friday. The program for the morning |
session will be as follows:
DRY Land Agriculture in the Trans |!
Pecis Country" Prof H H Harrington. !
director Texas agricultural experiment !
station, College Station.
How TO Succeed On the Farm in West |
Texas" Ed r. Kone, state commission |
er of agriculture, Austin
Seed Testing Demonstration ITof. !
Zefirino DomingueZ, Mexico.
Plenty of Entertainment
The entertainment of the delegates
will consist of an automobile ride to- (
morrow afternoon as the guests of the :
Eagle Pass Automobile association, |
through the farm region around the !
city, to the coal mines and across the
river into Mexico, where there is to be
a roping contest in the park; another
farm of W. E. Miller. the pioneer dry J
be a watermelon feast; a reception in
the afternoon by the women of Eagle |
Pass and a smoker at night.
An Experience Meeting.
Throughout the sessions of the con-
greSS, addresses will be delivered by I
prominent agricultural experts and a
big place has been left on the program |
for talks from practical farmers and
for questions to the experts. This is to /,
be made an experience meeting" a |
meeting for the gathering and dissem- |
ination of information that the dele |
gates can use when they go home.
The Texas Dry Farming congress |
was formed a year ago this month at |
Alpine Texas. The call for the meet |
ing was issued by G. a. Martin of FL /
Paso, Texas, executive committeeman !
for the International Dry Farming con- |
gress. He was assisted largely by Col. |!
T. J. Anderson, general passenger agent /
of the Texas Central lines, and H P. |
Industrial agent of the same |
road. Mr. Martin was elected the first |
president and Mr.. Attwater the first
vice president. Eagle Pass, Del Rio and
Uvalde made bids for the second con-
ventiOn, but Eagle Pass won.
Officers of Congress.
During the year the president has
appointed the following members of the
executive committee from counties THAI
had no representation last year at al
pine: Prof. H. H. Harrington from Tar
rant county; ]. V. Biggs from Ward
J. H Tom from Reeves county
The other officers and executive COM
elected last year are:
Second vice president, W. c. Douglas,
Eagle Pass, Texas
Third vice president, B. F. Berkeley,
Alpine, Texas.
Secretary treasurer, Jos. O. Boehmer,
Eagle Pass, Texas.
Executive committee: Terrell county.
]. J. Allen, Sanderson; Brewster, Joe
Moss. Alpine; Presidio, T. B. Thaxton,
Maria; Bexar, Worries P. Brown, San
Maverick, H. a w. Frick
Eagle Pass; Jeff Davis, VI. O. Walling,
Valentine; Menard, VIM. G. Black, Fort
McKavett; Ell Paso. G. S. Waid. Ell
Paso; Bee, ]. D. Love- sClarevilIe;
Uvalde. w. o. Victor. Uvalde; Zavala. c.
o. Byrd, Uvalde: Medina, F. J. Carl,
DHanis; Val Verde, B. Brown, Del Rio;
Pecos, o. w. Williams. Fort Stockton:
Frio, c. H Beaver, PearsaIl; GoIiad,
Levi Baker, Goliad; Runnels, C. H Will
bingham. Ballinger: Kinney, ]. H. Stad-
Ter Bracketville; Tom Green, Chas |
Metcalf. San Angelo