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the states interested in dry-farming and from some 

 of the humid states. Utah, the pioneer dry-farm 

 state, was represented by a delegation second in 

 size only to that of Colorado, where the Congress was 

 held. The call for this Congress was inspired, in 

 part at least, by real estate men, who saw in the dry- 

 farm movement an opportunity to relieve themselves 

 of large areas of cheap land at fairly good prices. 

 The Congress jsroved, however, to be a businesslike 

 meeting which took hold of the questions in earnest, 

 and from the ^Try first made it clear that the real 

 estate agent was not a welcome member unless he 

 came with perfectly honest methods. 



The second Dry-farming Congress was held Jan- 

 uary 22 to 25, 1908, in Salt Lake City, Utah, under 

 the i^residency of Fisher Harris. It was even better 

 attended than the first. The proceedings show that 

 it was a Congress at which the dry-farm experts of 

 the country stated their findings. A large exhibit 

 of dry-farm products was held in connection with 

 this Congress, where ocular demonstrations of the 

 possibility of dry-farming were given any doubting 

 Thomas. 



The third Dry-farming Congress was held Feb- 

 ruary 23 to 25, 1909, at Cheyenne, Wyoming, under 

 the presidency of Governor W. W. Brooks of Wyo- 

 ming. An unusually severe snowstorm preceded the 

 Congress, which prevented many from attending, 

 yet the number j^resent exceeded that at any of 



