DRY-FARMING 



that the locality in question has up till 

 now been of little or no account in the 

 world's wheat markets. Nevertheless, the 

 rapid development of dry^f arming in this 

 section, and the enormous areas which 

 are eminently suited to wheat-growing, 

 must ultimately reduce the number of va- 

 rieties in favor of one uniform dominant 

 type. As Jardine wisely remarks: 

 "Fruit-growers recognize this principle 

 of uniformity and profit by it. This 

 point has also been forcibly illustrated by 

 the durum wheats in this country. When 

 the durum wheat was produced only 

 locally and in small quantities, it had ab- 

 solutely no market, but just as soon as 

 the Dakotas began to make a specialty 

 of it, the sale became easier and a market 

 was soon firmly established." In the 

 opinion of the same authority the coming 

 wheats for the Intermountain area will 

 be the Crimean group for winter wheat 

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