The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-25
DRY FARMING
CONGRESS OPENS
President Worst Pleads For
Better Financial Support
For the Enterprise.

For the Enterprise.
Lethbridge. Alta. Oct. c5.-civic
half holiday was celebrated right
by the citizens of Lethbr,dge.
A number Of excursions were run in
from nearby towns and in spite OF a
cold north wind, thousands thronged
the fair buildings all afternoon admir-
ing the splendid exhibits. a number
of motor tractors and agricultural i'm
plements We're kept in operation all
visiting farmers. Unfortunately the
wind was too cold to stand outside any
length Of time. The ground was in
fine shape and most excellent work
was done especially in the blowing.
In the evening there was a grand
rally of all convention delegates in
the big auditorium. The first business
OF the evening was the report of the
nominating committee. The chief In
ton Of Hon. W. R. Motherwell. min
lister of agriculture for Saskatchewan.
as international president. His un-
animous election Immediately follow
ed and when Mr.. Motherwell was es-
corted to the presidential chair. he
was greeted with round after round of
applause. In addition to the formal
election Of officers a very graceful
compliment was paid Fred Downer.
control. by unanimously eiecting him
honorary vice president. Mr.. Downer
accepted briefly. declaring on behalf
OF Lethbridge that the entertaining OF
the congress had been all a pleasure
and Lethbridge might always be
counted on to boost dry farming.
The first speaker Of the evening was
DR.. ]. H. Worst Of the North Dakota
agricultural college. His address was
a powerful plea for a more permanent
financial foundation for the Dry Farm
ing congress and stated that an appeal
would be made for life memberships.
He gave a brief history Of the whole
dry farming movement and how the
congress had been financed in the past.
1t was in DR.. Worst's opinion a scheme
which many Canadian and American
millionaires might we'll assist with lib.
eral donations.
Dean Liberty Hyde Bailey Of Cornell
university. delighted the whole body
Of delegates. as he had done the Sec
tional meetings in the morning. His
address was really another plea for
efficiency, and 1t was illumined by
sketches and scraps Of original verse.
Some Of the thoughts shown out
we're:
NO man can be a really good farm
er unless he is a religious man. The
religion Of the future will come not
Of the church but out Of the
This CONGRESS is a new human
brotherhood"
ITO love and to work is to pray"
III God made the earth it is holy.
and II God put mar on the earth to
take care of it then he is partner with
What we customarily call culture is
the habit of mind of persons who have
gone to seed"
The farmer must learn in a new
and effective way to vibrate with ma
ture."
Every person who follows a pillow
U In some way develop new salts
faction in plow."
II do not care for the style Of writ
ing which patronizes the plowman."
Il do not expect the man who is fol.
lowing the plow. particularly in stony
land. to recite poetry"
At this point in the evenings pro-
gram a call for life membership
brought a most generous response,
twenty-five new memberships being
handed in ten minutes. Daniel Nor
gan Of Spokane. promised one thou
and dollars II the foundation fund
could be brought up to $4,000.
h last address was by DR.. A.
who had come direct
from Palestine to address the con-
gress. His lecture was profusely illus
trated. He is head Of the experiment.
station maintained by rich Jews
In America on Mount Harmon in
Palestine. At this station experiments
nave been carried on with the wild
wheat which was discovered by DR., |
some years ago. The II.
l~ustrations showed the country sur.
rounding there was very wide yaria.
lion.
Wind Evaporation.
The farm forestry section did not |
a large crowd. but the address,
IS were good. Prof. c. c. Thomas Of
Wash. told in a few brief
words the result that so far had at
q experiments to determine how
he wind affected evaporation. These
experiments were incomplete, but the
'esults so far showed that the reduce
Ion. Of wind greatly reduced evapora-
Ion. A tank Of water placed on the
:op OF a hill where the wind had a
'ull sweep evaporated 2 3.4 inches Of
water. while a similar tank surround
ID by trees enough to break the vino
ost only ga of an inch. The moral
vas h a trees on the farm stop winds
which lick up soil moisture.
Norman M. Ross. in charge Of the
dominion forestry station, Indian
Head. treated the gathering to an MI
ustrated address on the work Of gov.
rnmen tree distribution to the set.