El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-21
Mexican Musicians Play for
Opening Sessions Satur-
day Afternoon.

The Mexican band which has been
playing at the Soil Products exposition
opened the afternoon program Friday
of the international Farm congress
The concert was given the delegates
OF the Farm congress officially by the
Mexican government
Neil Nielsen. Australian trade com
missioner TO the United States, speak
ing on The Agricultural Development
of Dry Lands following the concert
said;
THE worlds population depends up
on the production Of food and clothing
Every increase in population demands
a relative increase in production IAe
difference between the civilized ana
savage man is not so much the fact
that the civilized man has additional
brain power. hut IL lies in the applca-
tiOn Of his superior intelligence 70 tne
systemization of production and dis
tribution.
The natural resources Of any coun-
Try are contained within its lands ana
Eve have already occupied and
brought into production the greater
portion Of our high rainlaIl areas s. ~
therefore our future hopes OF success
must lie in the better utlilzauon OF
the drier lands
4 I,eSSimistie View.
MANY OF those VINO SNlQE AAtc SUI
. fect Of the possible reclamation OF the
drier portions Of the earth's surface,
take an altogether too pessimistlc view
Of the matter. They carefully Ianulate
the areas that have varying amounts
Of rainfall and in most cases Grossly
as dry lands all those where fewer
f than a certain number OF inches OF rain
per annum actually falls, and then en-
Q large upon the great proportion OF arid
T and semi arid lands that exist IN al
I'm the United States. Il per cent OF
D the total area mas an annual ralnIall
E Of over % inches and ~ per cent under
+ 20 inches. OF the latter, Is per cent has
under 10 inches
In this area the production may be
enormously increased by the adoption
{ Of scientific dry farming methods
What tremendous scope this opens Up
for the application OF our Intelligence
B 20 increase production The magnitude
Of the work Is SO great that il would
B he appalling Were IL not for the fact
that there is room for countless mil
: lions OF workers. each doing his share
towards the common end. and each
having within his power 10 produce
I results Of a magnitude commensurate
with his energy and application
Conserving the Water.
At has been computed that If all the
available fresh water on the earth that
otherwise runs away into the sea could
1 be conserved. il would be sufficient to
/ country which requires additional
I water 10 bring 1t up to its full produc-
ing capacity. This shows what
fsenormous beneficial results could be
3 brought about by a systematic cOnser-
/ walton Of water for irrigation pur-
poses, but how much greater a work
Z Is II TO provide for the people con-
I cerued, the scientific knowledge Of
; how by 'dry-farming' methods. the
greater part Of the remaining % per
} cent OF these dry lands can be sue
. cessfully and profitabIy occupied.
The possibilities Of irrigation are
/ considerable, but the possibilities OF
. 'dry-farminE' are immea surably great
: er- There is no conflict between the
: two systems. on the contrary they are
/ so closely related the one 70 the other.
J that they should be worked in con
/ junction The dry lands OF the coun-
( try should be divided into those that
, can be brought within the scope Of
| irrigation and those that must depend
, upon dry farming. and these TWO
forms OF scientific agriculture prac-
! ticed side by side. the one largely de-
pendent upon the other
j. n Romagny, Of FL Paso. repre-
I sentative OF France, was the next
speaker. Il desire to bring the greet
I ing of a friendly nation TO you" he
B said 1t is difficult for US TO bring
( our thoughts TO ordinary things during
/ the present war. France is devOtine
( all the strength she can spare to her
science, her arts. her commerce. But
her agriculture-the fields are grow
ing next to the trenches themselves
As the ground is conquered. little by
little, II is at once planted. The min
I lister Of agriculture has announced thai
the agricultural production is almost
I normal Less than four percent oi
{ French territory now is in the hands
: of the enemy Much of the brains OF
the country has been required for tn,
{ ranks.
France has major interest fl
Z agriculture. France needs your sym
| patty, but is not begging for il. Sh,
! regards you as she did when she helC
! out her hand once before. with a swOrC
in II, to help you win your indepen-
! deuce.
such congresses and expositions a!
! are being held in FL Paso are the in
struments OF advancing civilization
some point should be selected for tn
! permanent holding of such meetings.
Committees Named
The following were appointed mem
bers of the nominations and resolu
. tions committee
, r A. Forbes. Arizona. J. y. Gilmore
J. I California. John Howell and T. c Lip
r pitt. Colorado; J. Turley. Idaho; Bruc
! Wilson and r l. ThrockmOrtOn, Kan
. sas. +. ". Zerbau. Louisiana; " r
2 Rowe, Mississippi; T \ KiesSelbacf
\ Nebraska: Fabian Garcia and y {
| Cooley. New Mexico; \ 4. Dame
7 / oklahoma; q. McCaffree, South Da
. | kota, George r LeBaron and T
= I YoungbloOd. Texas; c. l. Dunford an
/ z. q. Peterson, Utah; 5. J. Urenhold
| Wisconsin: W ". Thomson and q. :
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