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arid region under the system of scientific soil culture as 

 we have demonstrated. The problem is a little different 

 from that of orcharding in the older states and where 

 there is moisture to waste, but intelligent application of 

 the principles which are necessarily followed in farming 

 under semi-arid conditions, will inevitably point the way 

 to success in the growing of orchards. 



Trees for fruit and ornament and for the wood, havo 

 transformed the praries of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Mis- 

 souri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, 

 until the very face of nature seems different. What has 

 been done here can and will be done further west where it 

 is commonly supposed conditions are not so favorable. It 

 will be shown that conditions are favorable, if only we 

 know how to take advantage of these conditions. 



The traveler who journeys over the region along the 

 eastern line of Colorado and further west and who is able 

 to compare the appearance of the country with what it 

 was only a few years ago, must be struck with the change 

 which is taking place already, and if he understands what 

 is possible he can easily picture the still further improve- 

 ment possible in a few years. No farmer living in this 

 region who possesses any enterprise or any pride in his 

 surroundings but has now a fine grove or orchard, or both, 

 and trees healthy and beautiful. 



PRACTICAL WORK 



The test of tree growing is found in practical expe- 

 rience. Some remarkable results have been attained and 

 these are well worthy of consideration by everyone at all 

 interested in the subject. An experience at the Pomeroy- 

 model farm near Hill City, Kansas, covering a period of 

 five years or more will illustrate well what can be done. 

 The land selected for the buildings around which a large 



