30 ARID AGRICULTURE. , 



tural practice, suited to their particular needs. 

 The soil culture and crop treatment required to 

 give the best and most remunerative returns in 

 the West are not given elsewhere in any availa- 

 ble form. The dry farmers who would produce 

 crops with a minimum amount of soil moisture 

 must follow a definite method. The irrigation 

 farmer or stock ranchman can meet with greater 

 success through knowledge of new scientific facts 

 relating to his occupation, and the dry farmer, 

 wherever located, will find it useful if not indis- 

 pensable to him to know the advanced methods 

 worked out for his special conditions. 



