DRY-FARMING 



supplement, but not to interfere with, 

 any work which may already be in pro- 

 gress. Dry-land stations have now been 

 established at the following points in 

 conjunction with the various States : 



In North Dakota at Wollaston, 

 Dickinson and Edgeley; in South Da- 

 kota at Bellefourche ; in Nebraska at 

 North Platte; in Kansas at Hays and 

 Garden City; in Colorado at Akron; in 

 Texas at Amarillo and Dalhart; in 

 Montana at Judith Basin. Of these sta- 

 tions four, Bellefourche, Akron, Ama- 

 rillo and Dalhart, are entirely operated 

 by the National Department. To under- 

 stand the scheme adopted, we may take 

 for sake of illustration any one of the 

 three North Dakota stations. Here the 

 United States affords co-operative aid 

 by paying the salary and traveling ex- 

 penses of the official appointed to take 

 charge of this work. Ordinarily, this ex- 

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