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ject. The Northwestern Miller, of Minneapolis, in Novem- 

 ber, 1906, gave five pages and over to a presentation of 

 facts regarding the system from the pen of Mr. Cowan. 

 Some excerpts from these various articles will show how 

 the world is coming to regard the work. 



SALVATION OF THE DRY BELT. 



From the article by Herbert Quick in the World's Work 

 Magazine the following excerpts are taken: 



Since Cain first tilled the soil, many a new thing has been 

 seen in agriculture, but in the actual handling of the soil, 

 perhaps not many. A picture of the year's work of the 

 man who without irrigation successfully farms the semi- 

 arid prairies of the "Grat American Desert," however, 

 shows some striking novelties, heralding perhaps an agri- 

 cultural revolution. 



The achievements of Luther Burbank in plant breeding 

 have recently held general attention. I am glad here to 

 put forth the name of Mr. Burbank (at least in the generous 

 emulation of those who are striving to conquer nature) 

 that of Hardy W. Campbell, a Vermont man who formerly 

 lived in South Dakota and now lives in Lincoln, Neb. The 

 originator of the "Campbell Method" of "Dry Farming," 

 he is teaching the so-called arid west that it is not arid if 

 it but uses properly, ordinary rainfall that its climate yields. 



Mr. Campbell, without irrigation, can make crops grow 

 on hundreds of thousands of semi-arid square miles of 

 "desert" that otherwise would be fruitless and flowerless 

 except for the wild growths, sparse and unprofitable, indi- 

 genous to such land and climate. In the natural habitat 

 of the cactus, he grows wheat, corn, and vegetables. Be- 

 tween the Missouri river and the mountains, "dry farm- 

 ing" has become a phase of hope. 



