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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Field Directors. 



"That is one of the things we are planning to do; to place enough 

 men in the field who can go to these various farms and study conditions 

 from a stock standpoint and encourage the farmers to take up stock- 

 raising and poultry culture together with their dry farming experiments. 



Stocl< and Poultry. 



"I know from experience that there have been times that had it not 

 been for the stock on the farms, when the farmers would have to have 

 left their farms more frequently than they have in the past. 



Dairy Industry. 



"And one thing else that has developed the western part of our coun- 

 try, has been the dairy industry. It has brought in hundreds of dollars 

 when everything else was a failure. 



Forage Profitable. 



"We have failures in the wheat crop and noth ng is realized from the 

 grain, but there are very rare occasions when the farmer cannot grow 

 enough forage to feed some dairy cows on his place. These are the things 

 that go to make western Kansas successful, not growing wheat or any 

 cereal. We are going to supplement that with stock raising and we ara 

 going to make a desirable and successful place for people to live in, and 

 we are going to tide over the time of the scanty rainfall and we hope 

 to encourage that industry in that section of the state so that it will 

 double or treble the amount of money that will come into that part of 

 Kansas, for the butter and cream which we will sell. 



Water for Stock. 



"There is plenty of water which can be raised from wells by pumps, 

 wind-mills and gasoline engines. That is one of the very fortunate things 

 for that section of the country, that there is that abundance of pure water 

 for stock purposes. 



Experiment Stations. 



"The experiment station at Fort Hayes is working along these lines 

 and is trying to determine the best system of culture and the best crops 

 that can be grown in that section of Kansas. 



Seed Breeding. 



"But another thing we are working toward and asked for financial 

 support for this year, is to breed grain, alfalfa, barley and oats in the 

 western part of Kansas where it can be grown. I believe by breeding 

 and close selection we can make a very material improvement in the 

 seed.' It is folly for us to go to Australia or Alberta or anywhere else for 

 :-red wheat. We expect to work on that line until wp have breeding 

 centers where we can depend on getting good seed wheat, good alfalfa 

 and good seed corn. There has been too much exploitation of seeds by 

 seed men and others interested, of some wonderful product that may be 

 all right in the locality where it is grown, but transplant that into some 



