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where you take the grain out of the sack you will waste a little; maybe 

 you have noticed that it comes up strong and thick and the heads are 

 only one inch long. You see all the sustenance rs drawn out of the soil 

 and it cannot mature. Where it is thin, there is plenty of chance to 

 draw sustenance out of the ground and give a plump grain. 



"I thought I would tell you there things, but if you don't remember — 

 I was asked by some of the members of the agricultural college to pub- 

 lish a book on dry farming and I have done so." 



THE MONDELL BILL. 



The Secretary read the following telegram: 



"Washington, D. C, February 24. 

 "Please convey my best wishes to The Dry Farming Congress. I 

 feel confident that the passage of the enlarge homestead bill will greatly 

 stimulate and encourage dry farming development. We hope to have 

 extensive areas in all of the states to which the bill applies designated 

 as subject to entry under the act at an early date. I am confident your 

 deliberations will be very helpful to the cause of home building in the 

 West. 



"F. W. MONDELL." 



GREETINGS FROM NEW MEXICO. 



The Secretary read the following: 



"Santa Fe, N. M., February 23. 

 "John T. Burns, Secretary Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress: 



"No Congress except possibly the National Irrigation Congress is 

 doing more for the development of our arid and semi-arid west than 

 the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress. Wish I could attend this 

 important meeting. The time is fast approaching when not only the in- 

 dividual farmer himself but the whole public will begin to see the value 

 and necessity of proper handling of the soil and conservation of the 

 moisture in our semi-arid sections. Here in New Mexico we are 

 especially favored with the best climate in the world and are abundant- 

 ly supplied with the most fertile soil, therefore we are greatly interested 

 in dry farming. The most optimistic person cannot hope to make a 

 success of unirri gated lands if they pursue the former methods of farm- 

 ing and many of the farmers now coming into our territory without 

 proper guidance will make failures where successes should be. I shall 

 liiost highly appreciate a copy of the proceedings of your meeting. 



"VERNON L. SULLIVAN, Territorial Engineer." 



