Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-09
NOTABLE ADDRESSES
TO Be DELIVERED
At CONSERVATION
co NGREsS
Farms and Farming Will Be
Principal Topics at National
Convention at Which
Prominent Men Will Talk.
INCREASE OF CROP
YIELDS IS NECESSITY

| Kansas tIfE. Mo. sept N....I we
| an carry out our present plans Tor
! the National Conservation ,uust,es in
! kansas CitN tine latter part of this
! month the printed proceedings 1i That
meeting VIII bc one uf the most value
abb, publications that has ever been
/ gotten out. $50 tar as tn farmer be-
| concerned That b. tho statement
OF UourE Wallace. president cot tue
| conservation congress 60 nr hold here
| september -a-11 The principal off
! forts cot th, ufIIrprs have been direct
ga toward making IL iu rcaIlt. o. 'urm
| and farmers congress. Tsr railroads
/ have made u low rate for d,Iva1t,s
aud visitors. and Convention hHiI
! Wh,r, tnr congress Viii b, U,l. VIII
| offer space tor 900 dtIrsatus and
good seats iHr lU.uuu others Nnu may
come tu thv convention a. visitors
Farms and urmiug VIII Dee the
! principal topic ot that convention aud
! the adUr,..,a will hp delivered Pos
men for most Zoo the national li, aud
men recognized as unquosuouthlr Ju.
| thpriN iu their various department.
! Hr, -id,ut TAFT viii speak uu the up,u-
| ing day and 10 is there that Do, VIII
| give u.s "Hu views OF conservation.
While hv BE- expected 60 touch upon
| farm topics his address i- tu treat
/ mWuIE OF th, Alaskan question that
! Be- now % ppuit of discussion
pthcr speakers win D.. such mon
! as Liberty ~ Bailey of Cornell uu,-
| N"I-ltN eN- Spor,'ar, james " care
| ac,d. s,cyrN OF tho cabinet officers,
| experts from the agricultural depart
mcnis ANA from tho various ugricul-
/ tural colleges and experiment sta-
| tloRs. representatives from th, great
national farm societies, such as the
| Grange. and the cooperative associa-
tious. mon and women who iri,, made
"a study of HON, life on the farm, the
| country church, the country school
and the clubs and social organizations
! of tn" farm communities n viii in
| deed Dee a farm congress and the rv-
: print OF the addresses and papers viii
| prove publication ui real value 60
! every farmer who hopes Tor the con-
| unucd increased yield from his labor
and his land
soil Conservation may hr given
az IA, general broad subject to bee dis
| cussod at this convention. Tho Ma
| tional Conservation commission boo It's
! report Vt two years udu showed shat
| ct the land area of "a, United states.
! excluding Alaska ana the msular pos
Sessions. little less thHu onc-hulf is
occupied a. farm land TWo-fifths
ol 10 generally requires irrigation aud
On, twenty min ut the urca requires
drainage. Tho population is constant
~ growing ana this growth brings mp
j the question of food supply can suf-
Ic,cnt food bc obtained from AmotI-
can soil or viii &c become necessary
Co import"
The increase iu cultivated land o.
not keeping pace with ,hp increase
in population. Unless America wants
to import food SUITS there is only
one way 90 meet tho growing demand
and that is to increase the crop yields
That this is not only feasible. but
entirely practicable. is shown by the
larger Yield of tho old countries. by
the general increase in the crop WELD
IN recent years and Dog the natural
tendency of the soil 10 grow more fer
Tile when properly treated
At one TIME il was generally bee.
heNrd that the Nicld hogan to decline
soon after breaking up of the virgu
soil and continued 90 decline Tho
department uf agriculture. however.
mas proved that tho lowest point 100
the decline has already passed and
that tho farmer with his more care
iW farming methods has already
brought in the increase Iu produetiy-
itN So 49, tho Increase b. slight. not
Keeping pace with the Increase iu
population. bat there b. sufficient cyi-
d'nco To prove that On, new farming
certainly tends 10 fertility
II rs this very point chat the con-
srUauun congress this year VIII dwell
upon, both us having a close relation
Go the hettermpnt uf farming conlI-
tions ana farm prosperity Thcr, Will
hr papers us welt ON lite on the farm
The Country school. The Coun-
try Church "Tho Country cub" IA,
problem of corporation among farm
crs, Good Euads "Thu Farmer aud
tho Railroads. Tho Farmer ana the
Postal service "Thr Eirmcr and
Water Transportation" these ar,
only few of the topics that will ho
treated as bearing directly on the
FARMERS prosperity ana welfare.
The Convention hall n kansas Clty
where the congress viii ur held. VIII
D" open Go visitors during AN Sessions
ana there viii Dee seats tor at least
ip,pno aside from tho delegates Tho
hall is unique In public buildings iu
America, n is constructed wholly of
concrete. steel ana tilug Il cost
SobG,ooo, and was built hy popular
subscription. Its ownership Is 50
widely distributed that 70 would ho
almost impossible now 10 say who re-
ally owns A. II Is. In fact. an in.
stance of public building really
owned hy AN the people