DRY-FARMING 



the altitude, the climate and the soil of 

 this enormous area. It is therefore im- 

 possible to say off-hand what sort of crop 

 should be grown or what methods of 

 farm management should be employed. 

 Bearing this in mind, we can now dis- 

 cuss the various crops which have given, 

 or are likely to give, the best results from 

 a dry-farming standpoint. 



At the outset it may be said that to 

 raise one crop 1 year after year on the 

 same land is seldom a profitable, and 

 never a safe proceeding, and the dry- 

 farmer must always try, as far as is prac- 

 ticable, to maintain a rational system of 

 rotation in order to preserve the fertility 

 of his soil and at the same time to keep 

 his fields free from insect and fungous 

 pests. 



1 The exceptional fertility of some dry lands after many 

 years of continuous cropping to the same grain should not 

 lead farmers to adopt this practice without very good rea- 

 sons. 



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