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CONTRASTED WITH^FARMING IN~HUMID_AREAS 19 



(a) "It is confessedly more difficult. 



(b) It calls for more exact work. 



(c) It maintains more of cleanliness in the crops. 



(d) It is in a sense high-class farming. 



CHAPTER II 

 THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF DRY FARMING 



1. THE ANTIQUITY OF DRY FARMING 24 



(a) Where the great world powers originated. 



(b) But little is known of the early methods. 



(c) What was done in some of the early centuries. 



(d) Where dry farming has long been practised. 



2. MISTAKEN VIEWS AS TO ITS HISTORY 26 



(a) With reference to the time when first practised. 



(b) With reference to the place where it began. 



(c) With reference to the area where practised. 



(d) With reference to its early promoters. 



3. DRY FARMING IN THE UNITED STATES s . 28 



(a) In the state of Utah. 



(b) In the state of California. 



(c) In the Great Basin country. 



(d) In the Great Plains area. 



(e) In the Mountain states. 



(f) In the Columbia river basin. 



(g) In the Colorado and Rio Grande basins. 



4. DRY FARMING IN EUROPE 31 



(a) In eastern Europe. 



(b) In central Europe. 



(c) In southern Europe. 



5. DRY FARMING IN ASIA 32 



(a) North of the Himalayas. 



(b) In India and China. 



(c) In southwestern Asia. 



6. DRY FARMING IN AFRICA 32 



(a) In the Mediterranean states. 



(b) In South Africa. 



(c) In other parts of Africa. . 



7. DRY FARMING IN OTHER PLACES 33 



(a) In Canada, Mexico, and the_ Central American 

 states. 



(b) In various countries in South America. 



(c) In the Island Continent of Australia. 



8. THE PROMOTERS OF DRY FARMING 35 



(a) What brought it into prominence. 



(b) Aid from other sources. 



(c) No one man can claim to be its originator. 



