The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-04-21
MEETS AT SPOKANE
Board OF Governors Fix on That
City for Next Congress.
Fifth Dry Farm Congress to BE Held
on October 3, 4, S and 6-Teaching
OF Agriculture IN Schools
Urged.


AT meeting of the board Of COVER
nors of the Dry Farming congress, held
at Spokane. Wash. October 3, 4, 5 and
s. 1910. we're the dates selected for the
ffth Dry Farming Congress and Inter
national Dry Farming exposition at
Spokane. Prof. II. w. Thatcher. agro-
nomist of Washington Agricultural col
lege. Pullman. Wash, was made men,
ber of the executive committee and
board OF governors, vice II. l.. Moody
Of Spokane, resigned. ID. T. Ham, vice
president OF the Spokane Chamber of
Commerce, was elected chairman of
the Spokane board of control of the
fifth Dry Farming congress. BY virtue
OF this position, Mr.. Ham also Is
member of the board of governors.
John 4. Burns, secretary of the con-
gress, was elected secretary of the
board of control.
The board of governors authorized
the secretary to visit Washington, and
Mr.. Burns left Denver to carry out the
instructions Of the governors. The
secretary will study the organizations
Of the bureaus of the various depart
ments of the federal government, espe-
cially those of state and agriculture,
with the view TO developing system
Of bureaus for carrying out more ef-
fectively the work OF the Dry Farming
congress. He will interview Secretary
Ballinger Of the interior and Secretary
Wilson of the agricultural department
and Fred Denett, commissioner of the
general land office, for the purpose of
making arrangements for regular in
terchange of information between
those Offices and the Dry Farming con.
gres.
Mr.. Burns also will interview the
senators and representatives from
western states and endeavor to enlist
their interest in increased appropria-
tions for experimental and demonstra-
tion farms, especially in the dry farm
ing states.
The board of governors decided that
practical handbook of dry farming
should be prepared and published as
soon as possible. In the preparation
of this book, the secretary will secure
the collaboration of eminent masters
of the various branches of agricul-
tural science, so that each subject will
be presented by an accepted authority
in that particular phase of husbandry.
The proposed book will be illustrated
with maps, drawings and half-tone re-
productions of photographs. 1t is the
purpose of the governors to make this
book as complete as a text book on dry
farming can be made with the data
now obtainable. Work on the prepara-
tion of this volume will be started at
once and IL is expected that il will be
issued early during the coming sum
mer
Recognizing the importance of and
urgent need for education along agri-
cultural lines in the public schools. the
board of governors authorized an i'm
mediate campaign of publicity in be-
half of the introduction of text books
on farming in the public schools up to
and including the tenth grade. In the
campaign. which will be carried on
until the purpose of the Dry Farming
congress has been achieved and prac
tical agriculture is taught in every
school in the land. emphasis will be
i placed upon the necessity of adapting
/ the text books TO the conditions in the
various sections OF the country. Ii will
be recommended that those books
which are used in the far eastern
states should cover general agricul
ture. with enough about dry farming to
give the pupil a correct idea Of this
phase of the subject. while the books
for the western schools should give
more extended consideration TO dry
farming, as a subject of paramount
interest in the west.
The meeting at which this important
action was taken was attended by
President Mondell. Chairman Alfred
Atkinson of Montana, Anders L. Mord
OF Oklahoma, George Harcourt of Al
berta, X. w. Thatcher, Washington J
II. Worst, North Dakota; ID. T. Ham
Spokane, and Secretary Burns.