36 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



a crop is removed from the soil and the land is 

 again put in condition to absorb all the moisture 

 that comes, should there be heavy rains, it may 

 be put into winter grain or again planted to 

 spring crops the following season. The soil cul- 

 ture and crop treatment followed must be carried 

 out at the right time and in the right way to in- 

 sure the greatest success. 



SIZE or One man with a small amount of extra help 



DRY FARMS ^ ou \^ De ^[Q to farm at least 160 acres by the 

 summer tillage system. How much land can be 

 used to advantage depends on the kind of farm- 

 ing, knowing how to take advantage of condi- 

 tions, having the proper equipment and other 

 things. We have two opposite conditions in the 

 arid region. The small farm unit is most profit- 

 able for pure farming under irrigation. The 

 large farm unit is important to the dry farmer. 

 Every man should have double the land he has in 

 crop and at least as much more for stock pasture. 

 A section of land would secure a more certain 

 livelihood than smaller holdings, and half sec- 

 tion farms where no water is available for irri- 

 gation are as small as should be acquired by the 

 average farmer, over a large section of the dry 

 farm country. 



EQUIPMENT It does not require any new, complicated or 



FARMING expensive machinery with w y hich to follow out 



the most successful methods of dry farming. 



