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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



MR. McCANE, South Dakota: "I want to ask if you won't indulge 

 us for a few moments on this subject, that Dr. Campbell was discuss- 

 ing; if so, I will ask one question; have I the right?" 



GOV. BROOKS, (presiding): "We must get through with thrs pro- 

 gram. I am anxious to be fair with Prof. Campbell but the other speakers 

 on the program this morning must have an opportunity to be heard. 

 Knowing your deep interest in Prof. Campbell's work and your deep 

 appreciation of what he has accomplished in the past in the develop- 

 ment of this dry farming movement, I will consent to five minutes more 

 with Prof. Campbell." 



MR. McCANE, South Dakota: "I just want to say a few words 

 regarding this, because I think something is left unfinished here and 

 will leave a wrong impression on the minds of some of %he delegates. 

 I was battling under the same conditions in the western end of the state 

 in 1883, up to 1896, still wishing that the next year would be a good crop 

 year and hoping that the conditions of the present year would be enough 

 to conserve the moisture to carry us over for use for the next season's 



Precipitation. 



crop. Now, was it not on account of the snow drifting off of the fall 

 plowed land, and lodging on the 40 acres plowed in the spring, that 

 showed this condition and this result in the crop of 1882?" 



PROF. CAMPBELL: "It was undoubtedly true; sometimes just a 

 little bit more water would carry us over those critical times and in 

 case of the drifting of snow into the stubble; that might have been true." 



Soil Treatment. 



MR. McCANE, South Dakota: "What is the best time to break up 

 virgin soil?" 



PROF. CAMPBELL: "When you get ready, but be sure the ground 

 is in condition to plow." 



Land Fertilization. 



MR. RICH: "A good deal is said about manure; can manure be put 

 on this dry land?" 



PROF. CAMPBELL: "Yes, but be as economical with it as you 

 would be in the eastern states, not because the soil isn't fertile, but 

 because the more humus you get in the soil, the more easy it will be to 

 till the soil and get water into it." 



Effect of Altitude. 



MR. KETCHEL, Laramie: "What in your opinion is the influence 

 that altitude might have on this system of farming." 



PROF. CAMPBELL: "I don't know as I have observed any special 

 difference. Of course, altitude has something to do with the crop. It 

 is undoubtedly true that some crops do much better in a high altitude 

 than in a lower altitude, but the same fundamental principles are true 

 everywhere. I don't want you to go away and say I have been telling 

 you of certain mechanical work to be done, but I want you to go away 



