El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-19
FARM EXPERTS
ARE IN SESSION
International Farm Con
gresS Is Opened; 9th Cav
airy Escorts Delegates.


ne HstAN he nearly. welcome given
ciated."
Harry Welch. secretary. read mes
sages Of regret from various persons
/ position and congress Among them
were messages from president Wood
row Wilson and Gel Theodore R5ose-
Welt
President Gives Address.
Dean Jardine. Of Manhattan. Kansas.
president Of the CONGRESS. then deIiv-
cred the opening address
President Jardfne's speech
Bringing about conditions tending to-
wards more satisfactory home life. en-
couragine the production of more live
stock. and providing more profitable
work the year around for the farmer
and his family is the future program
FOR the congress. as outlined ny uresi-
dent Jardine. who is dean of the di-
vision OF agriculture in the Kansas
state Agricultural college
The chief work OF the congress in
the past said dean Jardine has been
along the lines of collecting. correlat-
ing. and disseminating the most up TO
date and reliable facts relating TO every
phase. Of dry farm husbandrv. while
the work OF seeking out new facts for
farmers operating under limited rain
fall through experimental investiga-
tons has Of necessity. been left in
great part 70 state and federal expert
nIent stations. Most remarkable results
have been achieved bv them in this
field. for today we have as much or
more definite and fundamental infOr-
nation relating to farming under the
conditions which prevail normally in
the tranS-AlissOuri states as We have
or methods Of farming under humid
conditions. So well has the work of
the investigators been done that today
farming under Semi-arid conditions is
scarcely less hazardous than Is farming
under humid conditions
Rest and SoundcSt Methods
fffefrtrra-..sH f.-- hsa sTrr-
land Investigators and popuiarized as a
result of the dry farming propaganda
are coming TO be recognized as the
best and soundesr methods TO use for
insurinE successful and profitable pro-
auctions of crops even IN humid areas.
VI lille II IS absolutely ne eEsary that
the dry land farmer follow 10 the let
tee the most approved practice II he
IShes 10 produce profitable yields
ewing to prevailing draurh conditions
the humid farmer. because Of the oc-
Casional drouth To Doe expected. has :
found that the methods OF the dry
farmer are the ones that can be count
81 upon To produce the biggest and
surest Yields under his conditions To- T.
day we See the principles and teachings ]
Of this Institution being taken uu and .
used in All agricultural regions in this .
and other countries as a result of the
work OF the International Dry Farming
congress which has led in the move 7
menL
4 New Work Ahead
Vow that more or less definite
and rather vel understood system Of .
farming for dry lands has been de-
veloped through the intelligent and .
persistent practice OF which any farmer +
may with normal certainty produce
profitable crops and thereby obtain A
liylihood. and although there is a great Z
deal more 10 be done along similar lines
the interests Of the dry farmer can
best be served by this Institution IL we
IL the future viii devote the major part T
Of our attention 10 the bringing about
% conditions for satisfactory home. a
permanent rural population. and a sat
l=Iactory and wholesome rural life.
Then we must encourage the grow
Ing Of more livestock in connection
with grain farming by the dry land
farmer I'm order to provide market
Tor many Of the crops that do best uu-
der dry farming conditions. and in or
der TO eliminate prohibitive rranspOr-
tation rates also to provide profitable 3
year-round employment for the farmer .
and his family and TO maintain the I
fertility of the soil
Value of Inc SIIo.
Since the advent Of the silO. IL has
been shown by a number Of expert I
nent stations and leading farmers thar F
sorghum crops. may be converted into .
enSllage and thus made TO produce /
ualarble. succuIenr feed iu combination
with which animals viii also consume 4
straw daily. and a ration COMPOSED 7
o. these feeds together with a little al F.
falra or some other nltrOgenOus food. 7
viii maintain an animal in good con- q
clifton at a minimum expense. Where I
livestock is not maintained millions OF /
tons Of straW-perfecrly good feed +
when fed IN conjunction with ensilaEe- 7
IS burned every year. or otherwise ]
wasted The item Of straw alone. If /
utiliZd as feed for animals. would pro- /
duce handsome return for the dry .
land farmer such a utilization can only i
be made through the feeding OF live
stock.
There are 100.0OO.O00 acres of agri- D
cultural lands in the United States that /.
must be farmed. If al all. by dry farm .
ing methods This land was originally
used for the pasturing of livestock. but 4
since the advent OF the dry land farmer. .
the number of livestock in this terri
tory has decreased some q percent {
This must be increased.
\ Work Well Done.
Exact Information regarding how TO 2
proceed with any degree Of certainty
TO produce profitable crops by dry land
methods was very fragmentary prior 10 .
a decade ago. and the primary object
for which the congress was eSra bllShe0
was 10 make il a central organization
representing the common interests Of
farmers under limited rainfall-au or
SANITATION which would devote its re-
sources TO the assembling. ulSSem1ndt-
ing, and pOpulariZing of the most up TO
date and reliable information of dry
farming methods.
Later. the Institution took an addi-
tional enterprise-the exhibition OF
farm products produced under dry
farming methods-which. as YOU will
observe. has developed into the largest
exposition upon the continent devoted
exclusively TO the products OF the soil
Wonderful progress has been made
in the development of the great west
ern plains and mountain valleys during
the last ten years through the accumu-
latiOn and dissemination by the con-
gress and other agencies of reliable
information on dry farming The con-
ETess has welded a great and most
far reaching influence in calling the at
teution of all civilized nations to just
what dry farming means"
Roll Call of States.
The afternoon session opened with
roll cali Of states. The following re-
sponded.
Arizona-H- C. Heard. experiment station. I
Tucson
Arkausas-J. H. Eiskine. Little Rock
California D. Gilmore. University Of
California. Berkeley
Colorado-Patrick Byraes. Pueblo. T. c .
Lippitt. Fleming
Idaho { Aieher. experiment station. !
Aberdeen
Kansas-B. $ Wilson. agricultural college, 7