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named the combination of irrigation and dry 

 farming "supplemental farming." 



FARMING In the best watered states of the arid region 



AREAS ft - g estimated that from five to ten per cent, of 



the total area may ultimately be reclaimed by ir- 

 rigation. Approximately twenty per cent, oi 

 the area is covered with mountains and forests. 

 According to our present knowledge, between 

 twenty per cent, and thirty per cent, may be cul- 

 tivated by so-called dry farm methods, leaving 

 some fifty per cent, of the total area as grazing, 

 mineral, and waste land. There are consider, 

 able areas still remaining which are subject to 

 entry under the land laws of the United States. 

 In Wyoming alone there are some forty-eight 

 million acres open to entry, or over seventy-five 

 per cent of the total area. It should be pointed 

 out, however, that practically all the land which 

 is easy to reclaim by irrigation is now in private 

 control. There are still large opportunities to 

 develop reservoirs and reclaim new lands, and 

 considerable areas are yet to come into private 

 ownership, both for irrigation farming and 

 range uses. The agricultural resources of the 

 West are only beginning to be developed. The 

 surface has hardly been scratched, but such a be j 

 ginning has already been made that the wonder 

 and astonishment of the Avorld has been attracted 

 by the agricultural displays made at state fairs 

 and the great international expositions. 



