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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Summer Tillage 



"Irrigated lands at the present time are being discounted somewhat, 

 by the phenomenal yields of the winter wheat. As it has to be sown in 

 August, it is ncessary to give the land a careful summer tillage, and this 

 fact is responsible in a great measure for these large yields. 



"So much for our crops, although there is a great deal more that 

 could be said that might be of interest to you. I do not feel inclined 

 to take up any more of your valuable time for we came to listen and 

 not to talk, .but. before sitting down, I want to say just one word as to 

 the sort of farmers, who are filling up this couuntry of ours, and on 

 whom, we have to depend to develope the agricultural resources of our 

 western prairre province. 



"There are a good lot of Ontario farmers, sturdy English and 

 Scotch-Irish stock, whom I need not describe to you as there are thous- 

 ands of them all through the states. Then there are representativ(3s 

 from every state in the Union, those west of the Mississippi contributing 

 most freely. There are also in some sections, representatives from most 

 of the Northern European nations, and of course Englishmen. On the 

 v/hole, as you see, just such a population as you would find in 

 any western state. In fact, it is hard to tell which side of the line we 

 are on, so far as the population is concerned, and altho' we are all 

 proud of our grand new country, with all its possibilities of growth and 

 its immense future, we have a mighty warm feeling in our hearts for 

 our cousins across the line. So^ far as unity of race, education, character 

 and ideals are concerned, we are one people. Why the only way you can 

 tell whether you are visiting an American or a Canadian family, up our 

 way, is that one gives you coffee for breakfast, the other, tea." 



CHEERS FOR CANADA. 



A DELEGATE: Three cheers for Canada. 



(Three cheers were given for Canada.) 



TURKEY. 



The following letter from John Henry House, president of the Thes- 

 salonioa Agri'culture Institute at Salonica, was read: 



"Salonica, Turkey, January 13, 1909. 

 "Mr. John T. Burns, Secretary Board of Control, Trans-Missouri Dry 

 Farming Congress, Cheyenne, Wyoming. 



"Dear Sir — Your favor of November 18, 1909, was duly receiv^ed and 

 greatly appreciated. The following statement of the conditions under 

 which we are working here in Southern Macedonia may be of some in- 

 terest to the Congress. 



Macedonian Conditions. 



"Our farm of about 53 acres lies about 2i/^ to 3 miles to ttie south 

 east of the city of Salonica, the old Thessalonica of St. Paul's time. That 



