The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-15
THE FARMER
Of PRIMARY
IMPORTANCE
Plan 10 Eliminate Theorists and
WIndjdmmsTs al C0nseT-
WALTON Congress
Special to the Daily leader


Kansas City Aug I5 There w.
be little of the usual order OF con
! Yention addresses and less OF orator.
al the National Conservation congress;
in Kansas City next month. ii th,
plans OF the executive committee art
lcarried out The whole policy of th,
committee is to develop the prac
tical side Of farming and to let theory
enter only where it is necessary
The farmer and his land are to bt
considered first and almost every
subject 70 be discussed on tie nfa
gram will pertain 20 practical agri
culture. In this sense differing from
any other conservation congress held
up to this time AT Seattle lii 1908
Forestry" was the main topic,
while III ST. Paul last year ii was
i"Public Lands This year in Kansas
City 1t Is to be The Farm and the
Farmer
THE Country Child, VS.. the City
Child viii be one of tine subjects
treated; another viii be Child Life
on the Farm" another Cooperation
among Farmers. Then there win be
a series of subjects that will come
under the general head of the Rural
Home" The Country School" The
Country Church The Community
Library and sThe Community
Club Each of these subjects is, OF
course To be treated by men who
have made that particular point
study.
Pertaining directly to the farmer,
will be the matter of Soil Conserya-
ton, which in it's various phases VIII
take up the major part OF the con
vention's time.
aThe Farmer and the Govern
ment, "The Farmer and tho Rail
road ana the Farmer anu The
Postal Service are subjects that
win be treated on the second day Of
the convention.
The Farmer and Navigahle Rivers
Under the head OF Transportation
Of Farm Products the secretary OF
war, Henry f. stimson, win talk on
the Farmer and the Navigable Riv
ars, d subject OF peculiar interest to
.he West and Southwest at present
owing to the movement nov under
way to revive the use OF the Missouri /
river as well ais some OF the western
tributaries W AuN &Rl9SiHHipEts OshcA I
subjects pertaining directly to this
win be The Live Stock Industry"
ind what Good Roads 90 for the I
Farmer" Practically all OF the farm
ers west of the Missouri river are
iiso stock growers, and as a class
nay be termed took farmers. The dis I
.ussion of "The Live Stock Farmer
md Soil Fertility" will be of special
interest to them. This will be treat.I \
a by DR.. Frederick 3. Mumford, dean
,f the college OF agriculture, llniyeIs
ity OF Missouri In the same line
.x-Goy w. D. Hoard, or Wisconsin, 7
he authority on dairying viii have a
,aper on "Dairying and Soil fertll
ty" prof E N. TenEyck, ot the
[ansas state agricultural college,
gin read paper on Methods
and Prof Cyril G. Hop
ins. OF the University of Illinois,
yjl talk on Worn Out Soil; Clifford
'inchot will discuss The Country
ife Movement.
These subjects are mentioned here
nly 10 give an idea of the trend ol
he congress in it's various phases ~
>ansas City Every address viii ne
pen tor discussion from the tloofa II
nd as many Of the delegates, per |
aps majority, VIII be praetical q
almers. the discussions of the con.
enti0n are expected TO offer some oi
i mast interesting developments II
This Is The first congress In Whlch
le farm and the farmer are given ls
asa importance in the addresses ana n
ne discussions