DRY-FARMING 



cows, and make butter and cheese. How 

 different will be their condition! Thus 

 Minnesota, ruined for a time by constant 

 wheat cultivation was saved because her 

 farmers turned to dairying; and she is 

 now called the "Bread and Butter State" 

 of the Union. 



Sixthly, co-operation. So much has 

 been written upon this subject that I will 

 only say that the spirit of mutual help- 

 fulness in a community is not only profit- 

 able in the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, 

 and machinery, but leads men to the 

 noble ideals of Union and Peace, Friend- 

 ship and Fraternity. 



A New Hope. 



The development of the dry-lands of 

 the United States has made marvelous 

 progress within the last decade. The 

 wonderful advance in the reclamation 

 and settlement of the arid lands of the 

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