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CHAIRMAN DERN: All of you that favor the adoption of the 

 resolution as read by the gentleman from Utah, will signify by saying aye. 



The motion received a unanimous affirmative vote. 



MR. REED, of Nevada: I wish to offer the following resolution: 



CHAIRMAN DERN: The Secretary will read the resolution. 



SECRETARY ROOT: "By Mr. Reed, of Nevada. Whereas the 

 experience of the management of conventions similar lO the Trans- 

 Missouri Dry Farming Congress has shown the necessity of having posi- 

 tive arrangements of the local entertainment and convention expenses, and 



"WHEREAS, a rule has been adopted by the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress, the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, The American Mining 

 Congress and other similar organizations whereby the city and state enter- 

 taining the conventions of these bodies shall make a positive guarantee 

 in bidding for these conventions of a certain amount of money to be 

 subscribed for the expenses; 



"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this con- 

 vention that any city and state desiring that the annual convention of 

 the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress shall be expected to present 

 to this Second Annual Congress through its properly accredited delegates, 

 some stated guarantee of entertaining and the expenses of the publication 

 of the report." 



CHAIRMAN DERN: The resolution will be referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions. 



We will proceed with the regular order of business, unless there are 

 other resolutions to be offered. Hearing none we will proceed with the 

 regular order. 



The next on the program is an address by Dr. V. T. Cooke, of 

 Cheyenne, Wyoming. I take pleasure in introducing to you Dr. Cooke, 

 who will address you on the subject of "Drouth Resistant Crops and 

 Their Treatment." (Applause.) 



DROUTH RESISTANT CROPS AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



(V. T. Cooke.) 



Ladies and Gentlemen: I have written a short treatise that is a 

 little more practical than technical, on Drouth Resistant Crops and 

 Their Treatment, which I will, with your permission, read. 



There is an important distinction between a drouth resistant plant 

 and a drouth resistant crop. A crop is something raised in quantity 

 by the farmer, dependent directly or indirectly on the land and raised 

 directly or indirectly for market or profit. The question of importance 

 to the dry farmer is the production of a crop with a minimum amount of 

 moisture and in such proportion to the cost of production as will insure 

 a fair margin of profit. 



In the presentation of this paper, therefore, it is my intention to 

 be practical rather than technically scientific. There are many plants 

 growing under natural conditions in the arid region which are of value 



