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ARID AGRICULTURE. 



GREAT 



DIFFERENCE 



BETWEEN 



HUMID AND 



ARID 



CONDITIONS 



in other places who have not seen the work dem- 

 onstrated, that look upon any claims for success 

 as false. Heretofore every man has had to go 

 through the period of learning for himself. Now 

 he may take advantage of the pioneer's experi- 

 ence and is able to find out the new method in a 

 much shorter time. The important point is that 

 to succeed he must learn and adopt new methods. 

 Successful irrigation or successful dry farming 

 require method, require system, require a shak- 

 ing off of old conceptions and old tradi- 

 tions and the obtaining of a new knowledge 

 of the relationships of water, soil, climate, crop, 

 and market. Dame Nature of the West holds 

 out most alluring charms, and those who woo 

 and win her smile reap a reward beyond com- 

 pare. The one thing most needed is correct and 

 accurate information. A few pioneers and sci- 

 entists have given years of study to these partic- 

 ular problems and have worked out methods 

 which secure the best results. It is the attempt 

 of the writer of this book to present in brief form 

 the more important data of arid farming. 



The West is a strange land, even to her own 

 people. Every new achievement in fanning 

 brings as sincere expressions of surprise and 

 wonder to our own citizens as they do to the 

 "stranger within our gates." The average tra- 

 dition and hereditary memory is that of humid 

 climates. The difference between the mountain 



