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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Sub-Surface Packer. 



MR. BAINER: "We make it a rule never to use that tool when the 

 ground is wet enough to stick to the tool." 



MR. JARDINE: "I was only speaking of the objections all over the 

 country and I am going over it most of the time. We on the ground 

 know that most farmers know enough to run their own business, but 

 they are likely to make mistakes. I don't believe there is a man in this 

 audience can get up and say he never makes mistakes. If you go on and 

 puddle your land it is a mistake that you will probably remember. It rs 

 a condition that exists regardless of instructions sent out by manufac- 

 turers, and they are very few .If they recommend it for loose land and 

 not on hard land, why don't they give those instructions when they are 

 sent out." 



Soil Treatment. 



A DELEGATE FROM MONTANA: "Isn't it poor plowing to plow 

 land when it is wet?" 



MR. JARDINE: "There is only one time and that is the best time. 

 It is not necessary to tell a farmer when is the best time to plow his 

 land, for he knows best, but when you are farming on an extensive scale, 

 you cannot do it all in one time, and we have to use the time when we 

 will get the best average conditions. There might be a time on that land 

 when the sub-surface packer could be used to advantage. I am just speak- 

 ing here of the average farm over the country. I know this condition 

 exists and I believe here is the time to to correct it." 



MR. BAINER: "I believe our time is up, I thank you." 



KANSAS. 



Prof. E. H. Webster, director of the experiment station, Manhattan, 

 Kansas, addressed the convention as follows: 

 "Mr. Chairman, Members of the Convention: 



"I am somewhat of a novice in this dry farming proposition. I hap- 

 pened to be raised in eastern Kansas where they have so much rainfall 

 that they build ditches to carry the water off instead of carrying it 

 onto the land. 



Precipitation. 



"Kansas has a good deal of diversification in general climatic con-, 

 ditions. This year we had about three or four time as much water as 

 we wanted in one section and in another section we had so little that 

 the weather bureau reported the greatest drouth which ever existed. Our 

 problem is one which is quite complicated in taking a state wide view 

 of the situation. 



Experiment Stations. 



"We have, however, in Kansas some sub-stations situatedx in the 

 western part of the state, one particularly at Fort Hayes. The one at 

 Fort Hayes has a tract of land of about 3,500 acres which is being used 



