THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF DRY FARMING 29 



now it is practised more or less in various areas in the 

 state. 



In the Great Basin country with Nevada as a centre 

 (see p. 52), are some areas where farming has been prac- 

 tised for more than 40 years without the aid of water. 

 The products grown include grain, chiefly wheat, corn, 

 some of the sorghums and fruit. The rainfall in much 

 of this area is very light, in some places as low or lower 



RANCH HOME, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



than 10 inches, hence the extension of dry farming has 

 not been so rapid as in areas that are favored with greater 

 precipitation. 



In the Great Plains area which drains from the 

 Rocky Mountains into the Mississippi (see p. 50), dry 

 farm crops have been grown with more or less success 

 from the Canadian boundary to Texas, and in some locali- 



