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DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



the city of Idaho Falls wishes the Dry Farming Congress you can expect 

 Wyoming to be right at your back. Wyoming runs right down against 

 the Teton Basin, and the Snake River, which is the beautiful stream that 

 irrigates the valleiy in which our friend Mr. Bowman lives, has its source 

 in the state of Wyoming. That is the reason the valley down there is 

 so good, (laughter) and we expect to b| at the meeting, wherever it may be, 

 to help, and to cast our vote for Idaho Falls when she is ready to entertain 

 this convention. (Applause.) 



CHAIRMAN M'CABE: Gentlemen, as I am somewhat interested 

 in the report of this Executive Committee, I would ask to have Mr. 

 Bowman take the chair, if he pleases. 



Mr. F. C. Bowman, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, then assumed the chair- 

 manship of the Congress. 



CHAIRMAN BOWMAN: Th^ Secretary will read the report of the 

 Executive Committee. 



The Secretary then read the report, as follows: 



Report of the Executive Committee of the Third Trans-Missouri Dry 

 Farming Congress. 



Your Committee beg leave to submit the following report: 

 Finance. — We have devised three methods of raising funds, for carry- 

 ing on the work of the Congress. These are as follows: 



1. Membership fees. 



2. Popular subscription. 



3. The publication of a treatise on dry farming. This is to be pre- 

 pared and issued under direction of the Executive Committee, and from 

 the proceeds of the sale of this book the Committee expects to realize 

 the sum of $5,000.00. 



Place of Meeting. — Your Committee recommends that Cheyenne, 

 Wyoming, be selected as the place for holding the Third Session of the 

 Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress, and that the date of meeting 

 be decided upon by the Executive Committee later and advertised. 



Permanent Secretary. — Mr. Fisher Harris, of Salt Lake City, was 

 elected Permanent Secretary of the Third Trans-Missouri Dry Farming 

 Congress at a salary to be fixed by the Executive Committee. (Applause.) 



The Secretary was authorized to employ an assistant who shall, under 

 the" direction of the Secretary, create a bureau of statistical information on 

 dry farming and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to him 

 by the Secretary. Remuneration for such service to be fixed by the Sec- 

 retary, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. 



Membership. — The following members were elected by the Executive 

 Committee under the provisions of Section 7 of the Constitution: H. J. 

 Evans, of Garden City, Kansas, in place of E. M. TenEyck; J. M. Patter- 

 son, of The Dalles, Oregon, in place of W. J. Kerr. 



Respectfully submitted, 



F. C. BOWMAN, Chairman. 



SAMUEL H. LEA, Secretary. 



