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these are durum or macaroni wheat, spring and winter 

 emmer, Kafir corn, milo maize, sweet clover, and 

 brome grass. 



Dry farming an important method. Dry farming 

 has been practiced in parts of the West for a number of 

 years, and is now being made a special study by farm- 

 ers in all parts of the arid and semiarid sections of the 

 country. Through these methods much land that 

 was not adapted to farming under old methods has 

 come under cultivation, thus greatly increasing the 

 whole farm area of the country. 



QUESTIONS 



1 . What is dry farming ? 



2. By what methods is sufficient water stored in the soil? 



3. In what section of our country is dry farming carried on? 



4. What are some of the drought-resistant crops? 



5. Why are large farms necessary in the dry-farming region? 



REFERENCES 



.If you live in the dry -farming section, write to the Agricultural 

 College of your state for bulletins on dry farming. Yearbook of 

 Agriculture, 1911: Some misconceptions concerning dry farm- 

 ing, pp. 247-256; The water economy of dry-land crops, pp. 

 351-362. 



