Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-22
arrangements FOR
!. DRY farm CONGRESS /
CAMPBELL HAS BEEN SECURED
FOR SPEAKER AND OTHER
PRELIMlNARlES MADE,
Steele and Dickinson Will Also Prob.
aplw Hold Meetings Early in March
Date Not Definitely Set.

The Commercial club at their last
meeting, held that if possible, Bis
marck should have a dry farming
congress, and to have a man thor
oughly competent, and of broad ex-
perience in dry farm soil culture,
here. The man in view is Mr.. Fl. w.
Campbell Of Lincoln, Neb. AS stated
in a recent issue of the Tribune, Mr..
Campbell is the publisher of farm
magazine after his talks, so that they
been the custom of this orator on
soil, to have more than one town IN
view when making a tour of this ma
ture and that the people read his
magtzine after his talks, SO that they
would see the benefit Of dry farming,
by reading the testimonials given by
farmers that have practical dry farm
ing ideas.
The secretary Of the Commercial
club has written Steele aud Dickin-
son to ascertain II they were in 90
sition to afford the coming lecturer
and the man in charge of affairs at
Steele, Mr.. H. s. Wood, has notified
the secretary that they would take
Mr.. Campbell on, and now it remains
to be seen whether Dickinson will be
in the progressive line and handle
the third division that it requires to
secure the services of this speaker;
Some Of the agriculturists do moi
know the Specification Of dry farming
but the real fundamental principle
OF dry farming is the conservation Of
moisture in the soil-the creation Of
a soil reservoir against the year Of
drouth. The theory Is that II certain
methods OF cultivation are practieed
the moisture which falls upon the
ground IN the form Of rain Or snow
! will be held In the soil for the use
Of the plants as they Way require It
Experience has shown that this sol
moisture is thus stored In greater
quantities than Is required Tor ordt
nary crops, so that after a series o.
years of moisture conserving tillage
there is in the ground a surplus O
moisture over that REQUIRED for thu
current years crop. Experience, al
attested by the testimony of hundreds
Of successful dry land farmers
throughout the west, as well as II
Canada and other countries, has dem
onstrated that this theory works ou
in actual farm practice; in truth. tina
it is no longer theory, but a demon
strated fact. Practical farmers WHIT
have followed the moisture conserv
ing methods know that they have Ger
tain quantities Of water stored in thei1
soils. Why, then, should they fear thu
coming of a possible dry year? Thu
worst such farmer expects in a dr.,
year, or series Of dry years. II
some curtailment Of the yield from tn
figures he records in seasons Of bum
per crops, and that could be gen
erous percentage and still leave thu
crops far from z failure.
The success Of the dry farmer hal
not been due to "luck," unless we &c
fine luck as the combination of in
dustry, energy and fortuitous condi
tions. The dry farmer who has beel
successful through successful years
has been the one who has followed
the method given in the last para
graph.
The date has not yet been set fol
Bismarck's first dry farm congress
but it is stated by the men in charge
that it will be some time in March.