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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



"As it stands, Cheyenne has the lowest death rate of any city in 

 Wyoming, and probably be it sard, Wyoming has the lowest death rate 

 of any state in the United States, thus making Cheyenne the most health- 

 ful city in the world; for all will concede that the United States lea,ds 

 the world in the application of the science of sanitation which places 

 her at the head of the list for healthfulness. To all those natural and 

 artificial advantages we direct your attention to ask you to enjoy them 

 whilst in our midst; and should we prevail on you to cast your lot with 

 us, we can assure you of three hundred and twenty acres of land of your 

 own selection. ^ 



"To this our city we give you a hearty welcome, not only to the 

 homes, but to the hearts and affections of the most hospitable people 

 on Grod's green earth — in God's best earthly city. Again we bid you 

 welcome. Thrice welcome." 



RESPONSE PROM CANADA. 



By Mr. D. W. Warner of the Department of Agriculture, Alberta, Canada. 



"Gentlemen of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress, I assure 

 you I am very glad to be with you today. I am doubly glad to be with 

 you. I am glad to be with you as a delegate to this important meeting 

 of such an important organization. I am also glad tO' be with you as a 

 member or ex-member of your great country, or ex-citizen of your great 

 country. I tell you, gentlemen, it may soimd a little hard for me to say 

 an ex-citizen; I am proud of those stars and stripes, as proud as I ever 

 was, and I am also proud of my native country, but I have learned that 

 there is another that is worthy of my love and my loyalty, and I am 

 glad that there is room in my heart for both, and I thank you heart- 

 ily for the welcome you have extended to the Canadian delegates. I 

 thank the mayor and the president of the Industrial Club of Cheyenne 

 also for this welcome. 



"We feel that we have no special message for you. We are here 

 rather to learn than to talk. We feel an interest in what you are do- 

 ing; we want to know what you are doing, and we want to know how. 

 We have a new country to develop and similar to your own that you 

 are developing under the dry farming system. We will probably watcli 

 the proceedings as closely as you people here in the United States. 



"When I went to Canada ten years ago to look up a location, 

 Alberta was principally a range country, comparatively speaking, but 

 now we are rapidly turning that into rich farms and a winter wheat 

 growing country. We are reaping greater returns from the land and 

 we expect to feed millions of people in this country where the cattle 

 business fed hundreds. Now, we are so new that we hardly have had 

 experiments enough so that we can give you much of an idea of what 

 we are doing. \ 



