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Cincinnati Post, Cleveland Press, Toledo News-Bee, Columbus Citizen, 

 Covington Post, Des Moines News, Akron Press, San Francisco News, 

 Los Angeles Record, Berkeley Independent, Seattle Star, Denver Express, 

 Tacoma Times, Spokane Press, Portland News, Pueblo Sun, San Diego Sun, 

 Sacramento Star, Fresno Tri'bune, Dallas Dispatch, Memphis Press, Evans- 

 ville Press, Terre Haute Post, Oklahoma News, and several others, de- 

 votes space to frequent articles furnished by or through the press bureau 

 of the Congress itself. 



"The bulletins that have been issued have had much to do with this. - 

 It has been the effort of the Congress to publish bulletins from time to 

 time covering various news items, and theoretical and practical papers 

 furnished by members of the Congress. All of these articles have been 

 passed upon by the Editorial Committee so that the Congress members 

 have received nothing but reliable information. These bulletins have also 

 been sent to newspapers throughout the west with permission to use, giv- 

 ing due credit to the Congress. A newspaper clipping book is kept by the 

 Congress to record articles published, and estimating on a basis that we 

 consider rational, that is, figuring that we secure one clipping to each 

 ten articles published we have had more than 20,000 columns of actual 

 space devoted to newspaper discussions of dry farming problems during 

 the past year. 



"We couldn't buy that space; on any basis whatsoever, because the 

 publishers will not sell space in the editorial or news pages. 



Statistical Bureau. 



"Some months ago the Secretary sent out several thousand copies of 

 a question blank, containing possibly seventy questions, designed to draw 

 out information covering every point of Interest in connection with dry 

 farming development. 



"Hundreds and hundreds of those blanks have been returned to the 

 Congress and will be published in the Statistician's report. We are going 

 to try to enlarge on that system so that we can have personal information 

 from ten or fifteen thousand actual farrders in the west during the next 

 year and from those statements compile statistical information for the 

 members. These statements will be absolutely invaluable to every 

 farmer. 



"The membership during the past year has increased from nothing 

 to 1,279, representing almost every state and territory and nine foreign 

 nations. Of course, most of the membership is confined to the arid states 

 v/here dry farming is the vital subject, but you will be surprised to look 

 over the membership list and find there are several memberships in 

 Illinois, for instance — I think about fifty, — even old Virginia has seven or 

 eight people who are members of this Congress and who receive the 

 publications. Day before yesterday the Secretary received three mem- 

 l-ership subscriptions from Russia. 



International Movement. 



"Our publications go to the agricultural departments of several na- 



