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portant advantage in high altitude; in growth 

 and quality of grass and forage ; and in climate 

 favorable to the feeding of stock. Range stock 

 from some of these high mountain or plateau 

 ranches brings full price of corn-fed meat. If a 

 place is suitable to a certain kind of stock do not 

 try to force profits out of raising something for 

 which it is not so well suited. What are the con- 

 ditions of climate ? There may be blizzards or 

 cold, wet spring storms, which must be prepared 

 against. Other things may suggest themselves 

 to the man Avho wants a stock ranch. Many of 

 his considerations will be those of personal taste, 

 and there is much opportunity in the arid re- 

 gion for men to control their conditions and 

 build without interference of natural forces. 



A DRY There are great dry farms in parts of the 



West where grain raising is the principal indus- 

 try. Such products may be hauled some dis- 

 tance to market and if stock raising is combined 

 with crop production, nearness to town may not 

 be a very important consideration. In selecting 

 a dry farm, give weighty consideration to three 

 things. First, can good domestic water be had ? 

 Second, is the rainfall (including snow) suffi- 

 cient for profitable crop growing ? Third, is the 

 soil such that this moisture can be successfully 

 stored for the use of the crop and will this soil 

 be productive. 



