Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-06
CONSERVATION
Is ATTACKED
PRESIDENT or FARMING cos
GRliSS CRITiCl>l,S Z, RS PLAN,
INiMICAL 10 FARMERS


Bf AbhutlHltd II''N.
Spokane, Wash, Ot o. Argu-
mcut against the present doctrine
OF natlonal conservation" Was out
lined I'm the address ur Congressman
+ i. W, Mondcll, of Wyomlng prcsi-
dent of the Dry Farming Congress,
| on DRY Farming ana Its Relation to
! the Public Land Laws which was
read before the session this afternoon
by Secretary John y Burns
j. H. Worst, president &C The North
Dakota Agricultural College, was
unanimously elected president uf the
4 congress and John T. Burns was lo-
! elected secretary &, Il, Roo, was
elected chairman of the International
I executive committee,
\ portion of the presidents address
follows;
"The dry farmers interest In public
land question is tow fold. First he
is Interested In legislation which
directly affects the lands lac may de-
sire to secure for dry farming pur-
poses or those of a similar character
that will be utilized by his ncighbors
of compcers Second, he is Interested
in the legislation which pertains to
other public lands In the general re-
gion In which he Is hcated and which
may retard or accelerate develop
ment and is certain 10 affect him for.
good or III,
AS | stated In my remarks at the
opening of the congress, ! am q be-
licvcr In biennial cropping In dry
farming as a general rule, ana thcrc-
fore I have for long time believed
that the dry farmer ought to have
I0
err under humid conditions. Having iu|
MUD the general rule to which /.
have referred, I introduced in tlh|
SiXtieth congress, and gave my best
efforts to the passage of bill provid-|
ing for a 32O-acrc dry farm home
stead This legislation became a law
February 10. 1903, In all, about zoo
000,00 acres have been designated
under the law and more than 10000
entries have been made under H. This
law has proven most helpful and
valuable stimulus to dry farming de-
vclopment II has given the dry farm
cr a sufficient area SO that If all HIS
land Is nat tit for cultivation he has a
reasonable area for cultivation and
some land for pasture. II has enabled
the energetic dry farmer with some
means to Immediately begin dry farm
ing on considerable scale II has en-
couraged those who did not care TO
undertake the experiment of dry farm
ing In new and untried regions on 100
acres tl eagerly accept the opportun
ity to do SO bye reason Of the larger
reward of acreage If their efforts
were successful,
Non-Residcnt Homestead.
In Utah and Idaho limited areas,
have been designated under Section
of this law for the practice of dry
farming without requiring rcsidenceI
Dun the land. lhough residence an,
the vicinity Is necessary. Just how
successful this feature Of the law
will he in encouraging cultivation and
establishing permanent settlement inl
dry farming regions it is rather tool
early to prophcsy Should the laV !
work we'll should it be successful inl
securing permanent settlement and |
cultivation no doubt it will be extend
ed gradually b other states whcret
conditions may warrant
Entry of Coal Lands
Several of the Western states whereI
dry farming seems most successful !
Colorado Wyoming, Mon
tana and the Dakotas, contain very
large areas undcrlaid with coal of I,
varying quality Under the policy
which has prevailed during the past
two administrations all these lands |
which contain or are believed to con-
tam, workable Goa at What Is conSld-
ed = reachaple ucplh nave peel 'IaSs
lhed az coai iahu ana tltle 'ouIu "n'N I
ne onlallieu pN the paEH'eht oI VIZ
coal lahu p,lce' "HIcH ~ Beuv,"'ll
much more tnah the ldnu y worm az
the present uIne !oI tIlc ','ui i. ,!.,, ,ul,
Iaiils' not 10 "eh''on '' "B'''"''"'"'
N"iur -- oooooo ...o. mono u.us
.,.f'5,. nunut .''ouy''Vy t.shIjd cra,, mr
'.,ii,,,.'i =, r',u roa,m 80
a. t,,,,si,ttnn ,"horo-
i,, L,,,5 ,aso.,,I,,, ,,,e nm,I ,ai,,ns ,,
a don,"ndod h,. hniIic' 'sentin,ent In and
ami "f c'noroes thc surraco or mel
lands could he ntiIiznd for opticulturali
nI,rnlsos VIM mis- object i'm view
/ introduced in the present congress
A hin providing for the entry of such
lands under the homestead and desert
land laws. and for their selection un-
der the Carey act and National Re-
law; also providing for the
OF entries under all the
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