AN INVITATION 



Montana, the home of The Fourth Annual Dry 

 Farming Congress extends to the members of this Con- 

 gress and to all students of dry land agriculture, a 

 cordial invitation to attend the Congress and the Second 

 International Dry Farming Exposition, in Billings, 

 Montana, October 26, 27 and 28, 1909. 



Montana is a unit in this invitation. It believes 

 in dry farming, so-called, as one of the mighty uplifting 

 forces among the agricultural studies of the world. 

 Montana is the center of one of the great dry farming 

 sections of the northwest. It has millions of acres to be 

 placed under irrigation by projects now under way or 

 proposed, but it has many more millions of acres to be 

 placed under prosperous cultivation by dry farming 

 methods. 



Its climate is remarkably healthful in every altitude 

 and splendid homesteads can be located or private lands 

 purchased in almost any altitude desired from 3,000 to 

 7,000 feet. Montana can furnish homes for a million 

 more families, and, as development has but just begun, 

 the ground floor is open NOW. 



Four of the greatest trans-continental railroads 

 with their branch lines forming a network of railways, 

 furnish Montana with transportation facilities seldom 

 found in one commonwealth. 



We intend to show the visitors to The Dry Farming 

 Congress what a great state can do in the way of enter- 

 tainment but we urge every delegate to plan his trip 

 long enough ahead to spare an extra week to investigate 

 Montana as a place of investment and as a home state. 

 Our citizenship, the cream of American men and women, 

 will give you a hearty welcome. 



A booklet describing Montana is issued by the state 

 and will be sent to you upon receipt of postal card or 

 letter addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture and 

 Immigration, Helena, Montana. 



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