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ditions are being brought here from all parts of 

 the world and are making lands productive which 

 were formerly valueless.* 



Much will be done with other crops also by 

 dry farming; that is by plowing the soil very 

 deep and cultivating six or eight times a season, 

 thus reducing evaporation to a minimum and 



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retaining all the moisture for the crops. 



Thousands of acres in Montana grow good 

 crops without irrigation. In Fergus County, 

 for instance, the once incredible yield of 45 

 bushels of wheat per acre is grown without irri- 

 gation. Heavy crops of grain and vegetables 

 are grown in the vicinity of Great Falls by dry 

 farming. 



In the strictly arid regions there are many 

 millions of acres, now considered worthless for 

 agriculture, which are as certain to be settled in 

 small farms as were the lands of Illinois. 



What irrigation has done for arid regions 

 drainage will do for swampy, overflowed lands. 

 According to the geological survey, there are 



* Macaroni wheat will yield fifteen bushels to the acre with ten 

 inches of rainfall. This is two bushels more than the average 

 wheat yield in the United States. 



