Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-26

]
other states, including Kansas, fol
similar appropriations for like pur-
poses, and reports received at the
headquarters OF the international
congress IN this city indicate that fow
II any OF them Will be defeated.
Government Appropriations.
Both the United States government
and the Dominion Of Canada will also
be asked for appropriations OF S25 600
each, the amounts TO be used In the
construction of government buildings
and IN the preparation and installa-
tlon Of government exhibits, Each
coutry appropriated $4,000 for the
same purpose at Lethbridge IN
and the Increased importance Of the
Tulsa Congress and the certainty OF n
much larger attendance than was had
In Lethbridge makes II pretty sure
that the amounts asked for will be
given without opposition
The local board of control Is basing
its present plans on an attendance Of
not less than 100000 people during
the ten days sessions, which win con-
tinue from the morning of Wednes-
day. October 90. TO midnight OF Sat
urday November I. 1913. Both the
congress and the exposition will last
through ten fun days and plenty Of
time will be given for the studying OF
exhibits and the giving OF lectures IN
connection with them.
Strong Board of Control
The Oklahoma Board Of Control,
above mentioned has been organized
from among the strong men Of the
state whose names alone are sufficient
to guarantee the success OF the big
enterprise. +. w. Edmonds, Of Tulsa ;
is chairman; C. A. Avery, of Tulsa,
vice chairman; c, A. Sanderson, sec
retary Of the Commercial Club OF
Tulsa, treasurer; and John y. Burns,
secretary of the International Dry
Farming congress, secretary The
executive committee OF the oklahoma
Board Of Control is composed as fol-
lows: o. A. Brewer who is also
chairman of the International Board
Of Governors Of the congress; Messrs.
r. w, Edmonds, William Stryker, c
s. Avery, c. A. Anderson and Eugene
Lorton Of Tulsa; II. II. Anderson Of
October L. C. Johnson Of Buffalo and
j. c. Elliott of Pauls Valley.
Splendid Backing.
The Tulsa Commercial Club. COM
posed OF all of the city's live business
interests, the mayor and city council
and the board Of county commission.
ers have combined In guaranteeing
that the oklahoma Board of Control
will, II the Spirit of Tulsa" can ac-
complish il establish a record even
beyond the splendid work of the Cana
dian Board Of Control which made the
Lethbridge congress such a great sue
cess, The selection Of Tulsa for the
meeting place this year Is with the
full cooperation Of the Oklahoma
City Chamber OF Commerce, which
has agreed to cooperate to the full
est extent with the Commercial Club
OF Tulsa and the Oklahoma Board o.
Control in making the coming con-
gress and Exposition the most nota-
bic event in the history of the state.
A Perpetual Ways.
The work of the International con-
gress is not confined, however, to the
ten-day convention and exposition Of
farm products toward the close OF
the year. IT has an efficient organi.
zation which is constantly at work on
the great propaganda for better farm
ing in every agriculturai country of
the world. 1t publishes a monthly
magazine, known as DRY Farming.
which goes to every state in the union,
every province in Canada, and nearly
sixty other nations, every copy carry
ing the Tulsa date line and many per-
tinent fact-articles about the city and
state. This magazine in itself is said
by many who are in position to know
TO he the best advertisement ever OBJ
tanned by this city, and 1t will do moro
to tell the world of the agricultural
possibilities Of Oklahoma within the
coming year than will any other
single agency
Accomplishcs Wonderful Results.
The congress through its monthly
magazine, its general editorial de.
partment which annually secures the
publication Of thousa nds of columns
of articles on dry-farming subjects In
the newspapers ond magazines of the
world, its field men, its various
branches of soil culture scientific re-
search, farm management, agricultur-
al engineering, etc, is working the
year through on the question of bet
ter farming. In a nutshell, this is
what dry-farming means-better
farming 1t is as much an agricul-
tural system as is irrigation. and
counts as much in yields to the far
mer who takes advantage of its
It means surface cultiva-
tion and the conservation of mois-
ture. 1t means the planting of seeds
which are accustomed to the climate
in which they are expected to grow.
1t means the rotation of crops and the
return of manure to the soil for the
maintenance of fertility.
Oklahoma Vitally Affected.
"All Of these things are Of vital I'm
portance in the agricultural develop
ment Of Oklahoma" said Secretary
Burns yesterday in discussing the sub
ject. THE fact that it takes seven