DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



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agricultural work, officers of the United States and State Experiment 

 stations, State Engineers and members of the State Land Boards, by- 

 virtue of their position, will be entitled to membership in the Congress. 



Each delegate upon his appointment according to the foregoing clauses 

 shall become ex-officio a member of this Congress. 



In addition to the delegates appointed according to the foregoing 

 clauses of this Article, there shall exist an affiliated membership of 

 this Congress, said persons constituting this affiliated membership to 

 be assessed an annual fee of $1.00. 



In addition to this affiliated membership, there shall exist a membership 

 known as life membership in this Congress, and for each life membership 

 a smgle fee of $10.00 shall be paid. 



That both aforesaid affiliated and life memberships shall have all the 

 privileges of a delegate to the meetings of this Congress and shall further 

 receive from the Secretary from time to time such bulletins or other in- 

 formation as may be printed by this Congress for circulation among 

 its delegates and members, which shall include to each member and dele- 

 gate an official copy of the proceedings of the meetings of each Congress. 



The provisions of this Article shall not be construed to affect in 

 anywise the provisions of Article VI of the Constitution." 



I will say, in explanation of this, we have changed, in one or two in- 

 stances, this article of the constitution, in conformity with other resolutions 

 brought in. For instance a Commercial Club, under the old regulation 

 could send a certain numl^er of delegates without reference to its number 

 of members, and here we have specified that one delegate shall be ap- 

 pointed for each one hundred active members. I would say that there 

 was a resolution to that effect, so that we might as well include it in 

 this resolution. 



This last proviso, in relation to Article 6 of the Constitution, which 

 was put in to prevent the packing of the convention, which restricts the 

 number of delegates or the number of votes that can come from any 

 state or any organization. This is now before the Congress for its 

 consideration. 



CHAIRMAN BURRELL: What will we do with this proposed amend- 

 ment to the Constitution? 



MR. HALL: Move its adoption. 

 MR. RIEPE: I second the motion.' 



The motion was then put to a vote and declared carried. 



Prof. Merrill then presented the following resolutions which were 

 referred to the Committee on Resolutions: 



"WHEREAS, The term "dry farming" does not represent accurately 

 the factors and methods of farming without irrigation in arid and semi- 

 arid districts; and, 



"Whereas, the term "scientific soil culture," or scientific - farming" 

 is applicable to all properly conducted farming; 



Resolved, That this congress adopt the name "arid farming" or semi- 

 arid farming" for the production of crops without irrigation in arid or 



