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MR. ELDREDGE: No, sir. You were speaking of your experiments 

 on the experiment farm. I wanted to know to what point of the compass 

 the land sloped on that farm. 



PROF. ATKINSON: The land on the farm on which we made the 

 investigations is not characterized by any marked slope, but if any possi- 

 bly slightly south. 



MR. ELDREDGE: To the south? 



PROF. ATKINSON: Possibly slightly. 



MR. ELDREDGE: Now what depth of soil do you have? 

 PROF. ATKINSON: We can go down into that soil seven feet. 

 MR. ELDREDGE: What underlies the soil? 

 PROF. ATKINSON: It appears to be a rather coarse gravel. 

 MR. ELDREDGE: Gravel? 



PROF. ATKINSON: Yes, sir. We can go down seven feet with our 

 augurs. 



MR. ELDREDGE: The reason why I asked these questions, in our 

 section of the country the slope of the land to the compass cuts a great 

 figure. 



MR. SjMALL: Prof. Atkinson made the statement that it was held 

 in some parts of Montana that the stubble would serve to hold the snow. 

 I would like to ask him if under those conditions your snow drifts badly 

 or whether it simply falls like it does here in Utah and remains. 



PROF. ATKINSON: The question is asked whether the snows in 

 Montana have the habit of drifting or if they tend to fall gently, as I 

 get the question, and lay, and not pile up. In the Gallatin Valley, where 

 the exepriment station is located, there is very little wind and the snow 

 does not drift very much. Go directly over the mountain, into the next 

 valley, which I think is called Paradise Valley, the snow tends to drift 

 very markedly. Many farmers believe it is best to leave the stubble 

 standing for the purpose of holding the snow. They don't try to plow 

 it under. That practice varies very much, however, with the locality. 

 Farmers in that section have found in the last three years, many of them 

 are convinced of the wisdom of the method, and investigation would seem 

 to show there might be something in it. It wilk have to be looked into. 



CHAIRMAN BURRELL: This concludes the regular program of 

 the morning session. The Secretary has some announcements to make, 

 and some communications on his desk which will now be placed before 

 the Congress. 



SECRETARY ROOT: I would like to mention first in regard to 

 the credentials you brought with you. There are still some of them out. 

 The Registration Committee would like to have them all turned in. 

 Please do so. 



We have a telegram from Reno, Nevada. "Regret cannot be present. 

 Best wishes for success of the Congress. Gordon H. True." 



Telegram from Boise: "Idaho would appreciate very much holding 

 the next Dry Farming Congress at Idaho Falls. In Idaho there are more 

 than six million acres of land to be reclaimed under the dry farming pro- 



