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DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



"Be it Further Resolved, That the United States Weather Bureau be 

 commended for the valuable assistance it is rendering to the interests of 

 agriculture in general; and 



"Be it Further Resolved, That the Bureau of Animal Industrj^ and 

 Forest Service be earnestly requested to lend their support to the de- 

 velopment of the dairy and livestock interests and to the planting of trees 

 and shrubs in the semi-arid regions; and 



"Be it Further Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be 

 respectfully urged to provide adequate means to establish stations for the 

 above purpose in each representative part of the semi-arid west; and 



"Be it Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to 

 the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture, to the Chairmen of the Agricul- 

 ture Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the 

 Chiefs of the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 and the Forest Service." 



I move the adoption of the resolution. 



The motion was duly seconded and being put to a vote w^as agreed to 

 by the Congress. 



PROF. CHILCOTT: Your Committee recommends the adoption of 

 the following resolution: 



"Whereas, The_^ successful development of farming without irrigation 

 depends primarily upon the establishment of scientific principles on which 

 the farmer may rest his practices, and 



"Whereas, Such scientific investigations cannot be carried on properly 

 by private enterprise, and 



"Whereas, The different localities in the Trans-Missouri states differ in 

 their climatic and soil conditions, and therefore require that special at- 

 tention be given to the conditions prevailing in each localty; 



"Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming 

 Congress favors the' establishment by state legislative action of experimental 

 farms for the scientific study of farming without irrigation, such stations 

 to be under the direction of the respective State Experiment Stations, and 

 wherever practicable in co-operation with the United States Department of 

 Agriculture." 



I move the adoption of this resolution. 



The motion was duly seconded, put to a vote and agreed to by the 

 Congress. 



PROF. CHILCOTT: The following resolution has been reported fa- 

 vorably by your Committee on Resolutions: 



"Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the Trans-Missouri Dry 

 Farming Congress be requested to give careful consideration to the ques- 

 tion of the enlargement of the homestead area, and also to the question 

 of some practical plan looking toward the final disposition of the purely 

 grazing public lands and report the results of their deliberations to the 

 next meeting of this Congress." 



On motion of Prof. Chilcott, duly seconded and agreed to by the 

 Congress, the resolution was adopted. 



