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final yields, but if every detail is done correctly, 

 and it can be, success is as sure in the semi-humid 

 sections as in almost any other place. These 

 four pictures just mentioned are shown together 

 with Cuts Nos. 30, 31, 32, and 33 to establish more 

 fully a fact that unfortunately has not been 

 sufficiently well understood in the past, and that 

 is, the crop is in proportion to the tillage or treat- 

 ment the land has been given, the quantity of 

 seed sown and time of seeding. Therefore, if you 

 or your friends failed years ago, don't insist that 

 others must likewise fail now. 



FURTHER EVIDENCE 



Cut No. 28, has a very interesting story that 

 must be recognized as a further proof of our 

 attitude as to how easy it is to make a mistake, 

 and how a mistake may easily mislead anyone 

 who is not familiar with the progressive ideas. 



This field belongs to a neighbor of Mr. Moyer's, 

 at Yuma, Colorado who came to Mr. Moyer in 

 the spring of 1914 with the statement that he 

 wanted 40 acres of his prairie land broken for 

 winter wheat, but he had no money. Mr. Moyer, 

 replied he would break the land and fit it for fall 

 seeding and take for his pay one third of the threshed 

 wheat, providing this party would seed at the 

 time and with the quantity of seed per acre that 

 he requested. The deal was thus completed. 

 Mr. Moyer did the work. When the breaking 

 was finished, the owner was through his spring 

 seeding, so he broke 10 acres more alongside of 

 the breaking done by contract, and fitted as to his 



