The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-09-14
DRY FARM RESEARCH
Much Money Appropriated for
Investigation in 1911.

U
Agriculture Has Advaneed-Ne-
brsska Leads All States With
100000 for School.
Dry farming, the New Thought In
| agriculture. received more attention
| from legislators and more money was
/ appropriated for Investigations in
I 1901 than ever before. This demon
/ 'trates how the International Dry
I Farming congress, which was organ
zed five years ago, and which meets
81 Colorado Springs in October next,
has advanced its propaganda. States
| that few years ago never hoped to
| have agriculture now are organizing
| farming commissions and establishing
I experimental stations.
| In some Of the states having dry
land. that is where farming must be
! done with less than 20 inches Of rain
fall in the growing season, the legis-
: latures did not meet This was true of
Arizona and New Mexico, which we're
expecting statehood Dry Farming,
Z the Official magazine of the congress,
has gathered the following informa-
. tion:
The United States congress made
the following appropriations for 1911
and 1912:
1911. 1912
Dry land agricultural in
vestigatons .................S3l,I ,I3O ; IO,OOO
Crop physiology investiga-
tions bearing on dry-land ..
AiEaii and drought resist ''''''
ant plant breeding inves- ,,
Dry-land grain investiga-
lions ......-........s....s'...' lo'VW +l'Wo
Total ..........................s .sSI.28O H29. lIO
California appropriated $4,000 to
be devoted to fundamental work in
the improvement of methods of grain
production and gluten qualities of
} wheat. This applies to dry land farm
Ing, but the money cannot be applied
to demonstration farm work.
Colorado's legislature appropriated
! $4,000 to the state board of agricul-
mre for dry farming experiments, but
the governor cut down the sum TO
s3,5OO before signing the bill. The
board will be able to continue the
work begun at Cheyenne Wells sta
| llon, but will not undertake anything
new.
Oregon failed to make an appropri-
alton, but the counties have taken up
experimental station work. Harvey
county has set aside $500 for such
station and Crook county Is about to
do the same.
The sum of $4,000 was appropriate
ed by the state of Nevada to con-
tinue the experimental station work
in Elko county. The law reorganized
the state board of control, placing the
work in charge of two practical farm
ers OF the county and an agricultural
college teacher
Kansas appropriated S970,000 for
agricultural school purposes, Of which
the dry farming portion may be said
70 be as follows: Kansas station.
g44,5O0 for the biennium; branch at
Hays, where the 3,500-acre dry farm is
located. $4,000, of which s27,5OO is to
be spent the first year.
Nebraska did best of all, setting
aside $4,000 to establish school OF
agriculture in the western part Of the
state and $4,000 to establish a sub
station In the western part OF the
state. contingent upon the location of
the college. For maintenance and i'm
provements at sub-stations already To-
Gated the following sums we're set
aside: At North Platte, $4,000; Val
entine. $4,000; Scott's Bluff, $4,000.
! A bill was adopted in Utah provid-
Ing an annual appropriation of $4,000
/ for dry farming Investigations. II is
to be continuous. Also an annual ap-
preparation OF $4,000. was made for
extension work by which the results
I OF dry farming are to be carried to
the farmers. This was done by unani.
nous vote.
There was no direct legislation in
Washington for dry farming, but the
board of regents OF the State Agricul.
| tural college set aside $4,000 from the
maintenance fund for such investiga-
/ tions.
Wyoming established board of
= farm commissioners who are to direct
/ experiments in nonirrigated or dry
| farming lands. The sum of $4,000 was
appropriated for the work, of which
$4,000 is for the salary of director
OF experiments. Also the sum OF
$4,000 was appropriated for the ex.
perimental stations located near
Cheyenne and New Castle.
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