Salt Lake City, Utah, July 8, 1908. 



Dear Sir: 



are sending you herewith a copy of the official pro- 

 ceedings of the second session of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming 

 Congress. This pamphlet is sent you as a member of the Congress and 

 It Is hoped that you will find it useful in your work. It has 

 been most carefully edited and contains much practical and scien- 

 tific Information that cannot fall to be of value to those who are 

 interested in the subject to which It relates. 



There is no economic guestlon now before the people of 

 the United States of more profound importance than that of Dry 

 Farming. The success of the Idea means an almost inconceivable 

 ^-xxo^, oxiTi^B TuS' meeting of" f 1 "^s e o o '°s ess 1 o n "l n" Ja nuar yt" 1908, 

 the increase in membership has been most gratifying and evidences of 

 interest m the propaganda of scientific soil culture continue to 

 come to this office from all parts of the world. 



The next session of the Congress will be held at Cheyenne, 

 Wyoming, m January, 1909; but in the meantime It behooves us to 

 actively Interest ourselves In the work of increasing the member- 

 ship and thus extending and strengthening the influence of the 

 organization along the proper lines. This must be done If we expect 

 State or Government aid by the establishment of more State and 

 National Experiment Stations. 



The Officers and the Executive Committee of the Congress 

 count on your individual help for the speedy accomplishment of 

 these purposes, and with that thought In mind we enclose several 

 blank applications for membership with the earnest request that you 

 use your best efforts to obtain more members, thus benefitting your 

 neighbors and aiding in the great work before the Congress. We are 



Very respectfully, 



THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 



By FISHER HABRIS, 



Executive Secretary. 



