DRY-FARMING 



They have already demonstrated, 



( 1 ) The great value of tillage in dry- 

 farming. 



(2) That by proper methods a certain 

 percentage of moisture can be carried 

 over from one season to another. 



(3) That the finest wheats are those 

 grown on dry lands. 



( 4 ) That the area of dry-farming can 

 be greatly extended by the introduction 

 of drought-resistant cereals. 



Furthermore, the publications of these 

 stations have been the means of attract- 

 ing hundreds of new settlers to Utah. 

 All this has been accomplished with an 

 extraordinarily low State appropriation 

 of $12,000 per annum. Meanwhile, the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, through the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, has established a chain of ex- 

 periment stations in the semi- arid region 

 for the purpose of testing the best meth- 

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