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DRY-FARMING CONGRESS, WICHITA, 1914 



cultural association. Regret ill-health forced me to retire from active con- 

 nection and business prevents me from attending reunion of the men who 

 have directed the great propaganda, which is adding millions of prcductive 

 acres to the West every year. 



JOHN T. BURNS. 



PRESIDENT WATERS: 



Are there any announcements ? 



DEAN JARDINE: 



If it is in order I should like to place a motion. I should like to move 

 that a committee of 12 be appointed by the chair to solicit membership for 

 this organization. An organization of this character has to be financed in 

 some way. About the only way we have of supporting the International 

 Dry-Farming Congress is by obtaining an annual membership which costs 

 $1.00. This is one means of support, and the other means is what we are 

 able to get out of the statements of the sessions held. I am sure that these 

 proceedings are well worth the additional 50 cents required to receive a 

 printed copy of what goes on here; and in addition to this, for your dollar, 

 you will receive a copy of the monthly bulletin which presents timely dis- 

 cussions of local interest, dealing with dry-farming in particular and farm- 

 ing in general. I think we all ought to support this movement by sub- 

 scribing a dollar for regular membership and 50 cents for proceedings, and 

 I hope you will keep this in mind. 



PRESIDENT WATERS: 



Is this motion seconded? 

 The motion was seconded. 



PRESIDENT WATERS: 



It has been moved and seconded that a committee of 12 be appointed 

 on membership. Are there any questions ? The motion is carried. The 

 chair will announce the committee a little later. Is there any further 

 business? Are there any other committees? The chair desires to call the 

 attention of the delegates to the fact that the state and foreign delegates 

 are empowered by the Constitution to nominate and elect each a member 

 of the Committee on Resolutions and each a member of the Committee on 

 Nominations. I suggest that it would be convenient for the various state 

 and foreign delegations to arrange for their meetings this after- 

 noon at the close of the afternoon session and that they be prepared Tues- 

 day morning or possibly at the evening session this evening to announce 

 their members of these important committees and also their member of the 

 Executive Committee. Keep that in mind. There should be a member of 

 the Committees on Resolutions and Nominations, and a member of the 

 Executive Committee. 



May I call your attention in just a word to the program this afternoon 

 and the evening and the rest of the Congress ? You will observe from the 

 program the very distinguished speakers — men brought from all the quar- 



