DRY-FARMING 



present and took part in the proceed- 

 ings. The fourth Congress will meet in 

 Montana. In the past dry-farming has 

 suffered from the attempts of unscrupulous 

 land dealers to use it as a means of selling 

 worthless land. But the Congress has 

 always stood out against such misleading 

 statements ; and at Cheyenne a resolution 

 was passed denouncing in the strongest 

 terms all fake and sensational advertise- 

 ments. The future of dry-farming is 

 assured. It will take its place alongside 

 the sister science of irrigation, and 

 through the combined efforts of the far- 

 mer and the expert it is destined to exer- 

 cise an enormous influence on the future 

 development of the United States and 

 the British Empire. 



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