The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-24
DRYFARMNG
CONGRESS TO MEET
Will be Held at Lethbridge,
Alta, October 1926
Big Affair.

lethbridse, Alta, Sept. ~
Dry Farming congress-, which is to be
held here Oct. 1926, is being resaro-
ed by thousands today in the llSht OIL
a congress OF conquest, for drN-1arln.
in. is adding some three billions OF
acres to the worlds productive area.
Every nation desires to enlarge its Ter
ritory and therefore every nation is IN
teresting itself i'll this greatest MoNe-
ment OF the age. The old way MAS 10
drive out, kill OR enslaNe the lnhaol-
tants OF Il country desired. Inc Z
way avoids war, slaughter or sla:etS
lit is a peacefulanneXatlon 10 'he
productive areas OF what mas nefct"-
fore been deemed un~cultlNataole, n
the dry-tarning congress is showing
the way to accomplish this all over
the world" says Prof. w. G. Painlef'
of North Dakota agricultural college.
Altogether, according to 0r. John A.
Widtsoe, president of Utah state .is-
ricultural college IL a recognized
authority on dry farming, the con-
gress has been Instrumental IN re-
claiming 5000, GOO, 900 acres throusn
its methods of conservation OF son
moisture and modern tillage Ways,
changing from waste to cuNlNateo
fields, from barrenenss to prosperous
MONIES. .lOSl ANY VIII w "H
:ng to stipend its money and so deeply
into debl,a S we'll as sacrifice its best
blood. FORTS proportionate part OF
such a princely domain, and 1t is now
appealing to the advanced thought OF
The world, TO those men and women
who have aimed to avert warfare ana
to show their philanthropic spirit
through the organization OF peace So
cie,ies and the like. that ii the nations
will spend a small fraction OF the
money they would eNote to war OF
conquest or gain, to the Wofk OIL thls
great congress, it would be the most
profitable investment of the century.
The expenditure OF uch funds that the
message of the dry farming congress
may be brought home, that its pract-
ices may be introduced everywhere on
The globe, thai it may send forth DEM
constructors to show the Dement'S accru-
ing to mankind n that its insplra-
ton might put new life into the tillers
Of the soil. might mean the peace OF
the world forever.
The acres considered u~nproductive
because of too little rainfall are. ac-
cording TO Dr. Widtsoe, rich in plant
food, and proper methods of tilllns
and cropping will as a rule bring
abundant success.
The dry-farming congress has a
mission to all. Its methods of mois-
sure conservation. as applied in hui
mid regions, are also applicable every
where. and they will be of great and
lasting benefit where irrigation is
practiced because of the production
through them of an abundance with
out the present heavy application of
water. and with the further benefit of
products of a far superior quality.
The wor1H'S hest evoertS will he at
the congress here next month to give
the latest and best information they
have worked out, and they will also
exhibit the products of their skill. 1t
will give to thousands the inspiration
that will mean a home and compet-
ence; it will awaken the world 10 the
great future that is in store when two
blades of grass can he made to grow
where n grows now.