The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-07-05

ALI Farmers Rre invited f0 Attend
the Worlds Greatest Agricultural
Convention.

All farmers are invited Ito attend
and participate in the Worlds Great
est Agricultural Convention, and the
Seventh International Dry-Farming
Congress at Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada, October 21-26, inclusive, 1912.
This Congress of Farmers will
consist of Nine Sectional Cnnven-
lions, a. follows: Conference OF
Soils, Tillage Methods and Machine
~; Conference on Crops and Crop
Breeding; Conference on Agricul-
tural Forestry; Conference on Live
stock and Dairying; Conference on
Agricultural Education; Conference
On Farm Management; Conference on
Scientific Research; Conference Of
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations; International Congress Of
Farm Women (Rural Home Section
of the International Dry-Farming
Congress).
This IL the great world gather
ing Of farmers, and the farmers
themselves will predominant on the
program. Every nation in the world
IL interested and has been invited to
send delegates.
Many of the most notable men and
women of the United States and
Canada will appear on the general
program of the Congress each even
ing.
The Congress will b. formally
opened Monday, October 21st, at IL
a. m, by His Royal Highness, the
Duke of Connaught, Governor-Gener-
al OF Canada, for the Government OF
Great Britain, and Honorable James
Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture Of
the United States, a. personal rep
resentative or President William
Howard Taft
The International delegates will
include distinguished agriculturists
OF many countries. The governors OF
some American states, government
officials of the Dominion OF Canada
and all western provinces will BE- in
attendance.
Delegates may be appointed by
governors, mayors, and all agricul-
tural bodies and commercial organi-
cations, but every farmer is invited
without the formality of credentials
and all discussions will BE- open To-
farmers.
Every civilized country in the
world j. now studying the tillage and
cropping methods taught by the In
ternationaI Dry-Farming Congress.
monthly bulletins and reports go to
every corner of the earth
Dry-Farming Is scientific term
used by colleges and authors to diff
ferentiate between the new system
OF agriculture and the older methods
utilized in the rainbelts and irriga-
ton districts. A special system Of
tillage of the soil for the purpose Of
moisture land fertility conservation
is known to be necessary for at least
So per cent. of the agricultural acre
age of the world, and the Dry-Farm-
ing Congress was brought into eXls-
tence for the purpose Of working out
these problems and remedies for the
troubles confronting farmers OF the
sub-humid districts, or the districts
where there are frequent droughts
or failing soils. Dry-Farning il free
from mystery of any kind; any
farmer on any soil and in any climate
can increase his acreage production
crop quality and bank account.
Dry-Farming methods can be util-
lied with profit upon every acre, in
every district of the world. The
phrase does not mean the operation
of farms where no moisture Is OBJ
tainabIe, but does mean the utiliza-
ton of such tillage methods a. are,
from time to time, demonstrated to
be most efficient in the reduction OF
evaporation and the production of
practical storage reservoir in the
soil, the utilization OF minimum or
untimely moisture, etc. The work Of
the Congress includes the study Of
farm machinery, tillage, the develop
ment Of drought-resistant plants and
better methods on the farm