DRY-FARMING 



"It is our opinion, based on practical 

 results and observation of conditions 

 similar to those in western Kansas, that 

 by the summer culture plan, storing the 

 water the entire season and raising crops 

 the following year, much larger average 

 crops may be grown than the present 

 average in Iowa or Illinois. In fact, we 

 do not believe we overdraw when we say 

 that in the more arid portion of the semi- 

 arid belt by the summer culture plan, 

 only cropping every other year, we can 

 raise more wheat at less cost in ten years 

 than can be grown in the more humid 

 portions of the belt in ten consecutive 

 crops by the ordinary plan. By our 

 method we have the advantage of only 

 seeding half the land. The great value 

 of work along this line lies in grasping 

 fully the idea of storing and conserving 

 the rain waters, and studying carefully 

 the necessary physical condition of the 

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