Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-15
Especial ccrrrsponssar. 80 ~. Herald


Especial CcVrespenaea~s 80 tAs HssaidI
LcthhridEc. Alberta. Aug. ii.--Th"
worlds greatest agricultural cohyea-
ton Of 1879 viii be ndd in 10th
/ bridge. IN southern Alberta the
fourth week of October. when the
! international Dry Farming yougrcss.
with It's nine great sectional meetings.
10 exposition OF dry fnrmcd products
from all quarters or the globe viii
hold the stage.
The holding ST such Bis meeting
! In city OF $4,000 In uoW section
| at country causes opu 90 marvel. but
Lcthbridgo is city built by pro-
! grcssivc mcu-a workable city lea tho
making. where they do things, and
where the murvcls Of the orient are
as game OF marbles to a billiardisi
with the prospect ot vast things Co
care for Lcthbridgc is robing her
self In state building eleven miles of
electric railway most of IL already iu
operation. although the first ground
was not broken until April, seven
miles of nrst-clnss paving, fifty miles
OF broad cement sidewalks. % miles
OF cement curbing ana cutters. forty
miles of boulevard parking with
| trees and lawn grass. lake of $50
acres with bathing beach ana expo
sltiuu grounds with buildings credit
Co worlds inir, and great vigWam
convention hail capable OF seating the
vast throng
~ a transformation from the
prairie
Il VIII amaze the world
Every nation In tho world has
been invited through the diplomatic
channels of the government nf the
Dominion ct Canada To- send official
delegates am exhibits. Thirty have
already accepted.
Every state In the United states
/ land every province In Canada has
received invitations and already
twelve states will be- represented boy
their governors or agricultural com
mlssloncrs and official delegates and
twenty or mare win make exhibits
The United states government viii
| ac represented by an exhibit. costing
lSiO.U0O to collect. from twenty-five
government dry farming domonstra-
4 ton anG experiment stations. and
scores of state colleges viii send cX'
\ hib.ts
The Canadian government viii have
la big Dominion exhibit, every one OF
the four western provinces WIN have
a. big provincial exhibit. aud there
iVlll be $50 or more district exhibits
| from Texas Co Bchring sea, from
| Maine 10 california.
I Nearly all OF the fifty-nlno nations
OF the world viii probably send ON
cial delegates la the persons of
diplomats or UgticWturists, or prac-
tiral farmers. but ID will bee the farm
crS themselves who viii predominant
on Che program OF the convention.
The congress viii DE formally
opened at II o'clock ON Monday
morning October 2ist. probably by
his royal highness. the Duke az CON
naught. governor general OF Canada,
az the official representative of the
government of Great Britain, and
Hon James Wilson. secretary Of aR-
riCulturc of the United states. VIII
respond to the greetings tu the Unit
I'D states IN behalf of his cxcollcucN.
william Howard TAFT, us the personal
representative of the president
The congress will ho,d daily scs-
Aons. both afternoon ana cN"nin.
throughout the week. presided over
lby Dr John A. Widtsuv, International
president Who 10 president Of the
Utah state Agricultural college, ana
ono of the fore most men iu the dry
farming movement, an author oi r..
lnoWa ana an authority on agriculture
development aud agricultural cduca-
ltiuu In addition Ia the business SEES
siuus there viii be nine sectional con
Ncntinus. Co be- held Ia as many halls
every morning. with possibly several
Especial meetings OF some sections
These sectional conventions VIII com
pGisv conference ON soil tillHge meth
ode and machinery, crops aud cr"n
breeding. agricultural forestry, HNt-
stock Hnd dairying, agricultural cdu
cation, farm management stirnullg
research agricultural colleges ana
oxpcr mental stations which IN an M
tprnatiunal conference of men who
are giving their lives to agricultural
science, both Ia thc college and Ia,
field. and the international Congress
LOT Farm Women. an auxiliary. known
as the rurai home section. Beside.
; these there win be- conventions of IN
women writers ON farm papers. aud
u meeting at publishers ana editors
of agricultural papers.
The exposition of dry-furmcd prod.
r uCts viii Dee notable feature. II
4 viii be- the largest ever held on IN
3 continent Twenty western statcs'an'
! four provinces Of CANADA viii contes
+ for supremacy IN the growing o
grain grasses, forage crops, roots
. Vegetables and NUTS, while there WI
bee federal exhibits Of grains, etc
from the United states, Canada, IRA
quay, Australia, Bolivia. Russia, Hun
, gary Turkey and other countries,
: There viii he o machinery exmti
that promises to he the most complete
farm machine show and tillase un'
, power demonstration ever held "'
this continent. Upwards of 200 acre
\ adjacent tu the exposition ground
viii be- used for field demonstration
b work some Of the largest premium
ever offered viii be- given. tive prem
% Ter being Rumey traction engin'
valued at f2.500, Tor the hes, rlsho
ia.