THE CALL OF THE LAND 



most farmers appreciate. Even if your 

 crop returns are regular and good, a pretty 

 frequent seeding to clover or alfalfa is de- 

 sirable and will in the end prove indis- 

 pensable. 



I have thus laid down, as completely as 

 I could in a brief space, the fundamentals 

 of the dry-culture system. Much further 

 discussion of it is possible; details could be 

 given ; criticisms, queries and replies at- 

 tempted. I myself have a few further sug- 

 gestions to offer. 



I pause at this point, however, to remark 

 that whether or not the system is as deserv- 

 ing as its foremost advocates claim, whether 

 its future is to be dazzingly luminous or 

 only ordinary day, it is certainly deserving 

 and it certainly has a future. I say this 

 absolutely without prejudice. I have not a 

 cent's worth of financial interest, direct or 

 indirect, in the plan. 



A further remark of the utmost signifi- 

 cance relating both to the irrigation and to 

 the dry-culture sections of our country is 

 here in place : that agriculture under these 



