PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Ninth Annual Sessions 



OF THE 



International Dry-Farming Congress 



HELD AT 



Wichita, Kansas, October 12-15, 1914 



Note: All sessions but one were held in the Banquet Room of the 

 Scottish Rite Cathedral. One session, Tuesday afternoon, October 13, a 

 continuation of the Livestock session, was held at the Livestock Exchange, 

 Wichita Union Stockyards. 



FIRST SESSION 



MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12 

 The Congress was called to order by W. I. Drummond, Muskogee, Ok- 

 lahoma, Chairman of the Board of Governors. 



CHAIRMAN DRUMMOND: 



The Ninth Annual Sessions of the International Dry-Farming Congress 

 are now convened. 



We shall arise and attend the Reverend Doctor Andrew Melrose Brodie, 

 pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Wichita, in his invocation. 



DOCTOR BRODIE: 



God, Thou art our Creator, our Father, our Friend, and we thank 

 Thee that Thou dost so love us as not only to give us our being but to pro- 

 vide all that is necessary for sustaining life. We thank Thee, God, that 

 Thou dost call us to be colaborers with Thyself. Whilst Thou hast created 

 the earth and all that is therein, Thou dost call men to share with Thee in 

 bringing forth the products of the earth that every man and woman may 

 go back very much wiser than when they came and that the knowledge 

 gained may be shared that others may bring forth more abundantly of the 

 fruits of the earth that there may be an abundance for all classes and condi- 

 tions of people and that we may rejoice in our resources. Bless all the 

 speakers here, for they come to tell us the wonders of the earth and grant 

 that the time may soon come when men shall not use the weapons of war- 

 fare any more but shall give themselves to colaboring with Thee. Give us 



