DRY-LAND CROPS 



Chief Crops. 



In dry-farming the chief crops are the 

 cereals, mostly wheat, oats, barley, corn 

 (maize), rye, emmer, spelt, the grain 

 sorghums and millets ; but forage plants, 

 such as lucerne, or alfalfa, clover, field 

 peas and other legumes must be grown to 

 feed the live-stock of the farm while 

 hardy drought-resistant trees should be 

 planted for shelter and shade and to 

 make the homestead more attractive. 



But of all these crops wheat is by far 

 the most important, and the reason is not 

 far to seek. Wheat is the most widely 

 used grain, and is always in demand. It 

 is also worthy of note that the price of 

 wheat is steadily rising, and as this cereal 

 is generally of a finer quality when raised 

 on dry lands than when it is grown under 

 irrigation, it will probably long remain 

 the principal crop in dry-land farming. 

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