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DEY- FARMING CONGRESS, WICHITA, 1914 



your blessing and hear us as we unite in the prayer our Jesus has taught 

 us. Our Father Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom 

 come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our 

 daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us 

 not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the Kingdom and 

 the Power and the Glory forever. Amen. 



CHAIRMAN DRUMMOND: 



The constitution of the International Dry-Farming Congress provides 

 for the organization of a Board of Control composed of citizens of the 

 state in which the Congress and Exposition are held. The success of the 

 Exposition, and of the Congress itself, depends in a great measure upon 

 the work of this Board of Control. 



This Board has charge of the very important work of organizing the 

 various states, counties and countries for Exposition and representation 

 purposes, and is responsible to the Congress for the financial obligations 

 incident to the securing of the Congress. 



We have been extremely fortunate this year in that the Board of 

 Control has been formed from the ranks of the very best and most pro- 

 gressive business men in the city of Wichita and the entire state of 

 Kansas. It is indeed a pleasure to state that this Congress has at all 

 times had the benefit of the assistance and counsel of these splendid men. 

 Every obligation has been faithfully kept; and Kansas and Wichita, 

 through this Board of Control, have more than done their part. 



I now have the honor and pleasuring of introducing to you, Charles 

 W. Southward, Chairman of the Kansas Board of Control. 



CHAIRMAN SOUTHWARD: 



This is an epoch in the history of Kansas and of Wichita. 



The convening of this Congress and the assured success of the great 

 International Soil-Products Exposition held with it, form the most promi- 

 nent agricultural event in the state in its history. 



Kansas is an agricultural state,, and Wichita is in the center of an 

 agricultural section. Kansas is also an industrial state, and Wichita is an 

 industrial and distributing city, but the fullness of agricultural development 

 means greater states and greater cities, and Kansas and Wichita have not 

 lost sight of this fundamental principle. 



It is a pleasure to the Kansas Board of Control and its officers to have 

 worked during the past year with the Congress and its officials. The dis- 

 tinguished position which President Waters occupies, and his charm as an 

 associate; the earnestness and intelligence of Dean Jardine; the honest at- 

 tention to the business affairs of the Congress given by Chairman Drum- 

 mond and the Board of Governors; and the diligence of the office main- 

 tained in this city throughout the year by the Congress, have impressed 

 the officers and members of the Kansas Board of Control with the_ great 

 cause in which the Congress is working and the effectiveness with which it 

 performs that work. 



