DRY-FARMING 



the annual rainfall is not the only factor 

 to be considered in selecting his home- 

 stead, since the greater the evaporation 

 in any given locality, the harder will it 

 be for him to conserve enough moisture 

 to produce his crops. 



Finally a matter which should be care- 

 fully studied in dry-farming is the effect 

 of a mountainous locality on the rainfall. 



The town of Deseret, Utah, lies well 

 out in a broad valley, which is too dry for 

 farming except with irrigation. About 

 thirty miles southeast of Deseret is the 

 town of Fillmore, which lies close to the 

 western slope of a mountain range, the 

 crest of which is 10,000 feet above sea 

 level. The total annual rainfall at 

 Deseret is 7. 7 inches and at Fillmore 13. 8 

 inches, a difference due to the effect of 

 the mountains. Richfield is situated only 

 sixteen miles from Fillmore, but on the 

 opposite side of the mountain range, and 

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