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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



"Salem, Ore., Feb. 23, 1909. 

 John T. Burns, Secretary, Cheyenne, Wyo,: 



"Oregon is deeply interested in the purpose of this Congress. There 

 is much of the arid territory susceptible of cultivation if processes ap- 

 plicable to semi-arid regions can be properly applied. I hope the efforts 

 of this Congress will result in much good to the whole country. 



"GEO. A. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor." 



"To His Excellency, Bryant B. Brooks, Governor of Wyoming; President 

 of the Third Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress, Cheyenne, Wyo.: 

 "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your kind invita- 

 tion to be a representative of the British government to participate in 

 The Congress in your city. As there is now no time to send your in- 

 vitation to London, I am forwarding the same, unofficially, to the Minr 

 ister of Agriculture at Canada, who is, I know, very much interested in 

 this question. There is yet time for persons to come to The Congress 

 from Canada if the counties interested desire to be represented, and the 

 course I am taking will, I hope, enable that to be done. 



"I take this opportunity of expressing my personal interest in the 

 subject, which is very great. There has been hardly any development 

 in modern science more remarkable and of greater promise than this of 

 the Dry Farming system, and I hope your Congress may do much to 

 further it. 



(Signed) JAMES BRYCB, Minister of England. 

 "British Embassy, Washington, D. C, Feb. 3, 1909. 



"February 23, 1909. 



"Governor B. B. Brooks, Cheyenne, Wyoming: 



"National Congress is not doing more for development and improve- 

 ment of once considered waste places of country than its prototype in 

 Cheyenne, the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress. Wyoming was 

 first state to adopt comprehensive system irrigation laws and influence 

 of state was potent in securing present national irrigation act. Next 

 step in development of western country, I believe, will be intelligent adop- 

 tion of dry farming methods, and this will bring great areas of land 

 under cultivation now looked upon as worthless. Dry Farming Con 

 gress at Cheyenne will be material factor in this work and it has my 

 heartiest wishes for successful session:. 



"F. E. WARREN." 



"Helena, Mont., Feb. 22, 1909. 

 "W. B. George, Dry Farming Congress: 



"Please extend to Congress invitation to hold next meeting at "Brll- 

 ings, assure delegates of royal welcome and enthusiastic meeting. 



"EDWIN L. NORRIS, Governor of Montana." 



