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must be hauled many miles to the dry-farms. The dry- 

 farmer can do his work most effectively if he can build 

 his homestead on the dry-farm and live there with his 

 family. To do this he needs to have a small irrigated 

 garden around his home, with some trees for shade and 

 fruit. A clear understanding of the possibilities of irriga- 

 tion water, combined with dry-farming methods, will make 

 it possible to establish on the great majority of the dry- 

 farms throughout the country small homesteads, where 

 grass, and flowers and trees may be enjoyed. If, then, 

 dry-farming methods are of value in extending the irri- 

 gated area, the possibilities of small water supplies in irriga- 

 tion will do much to make dry-farming more attractive 

 to those who practise it. 



Dry-farming and irrigation will go hand in hand in 

 redeeming the waste places of the earth. Both depend 

 primarily upon the natural precipitation. 



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