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DRY FARMING 



perimental Farms of the Canadian prairies and the Dry 

 Farming Congress have each studied the practices of 

 Dry Farming and each has contributed much towards 

 putting the system on a permanent basis. How much of 

 its success is due to the organization and application of 

 the_J[acts^ofJh^seience of crop production, and how 

 much to otEerfactors such as the higher prices of the 

 last twenty years, and the contribution of the implement 



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Fig. 4 — Nature's Map of the Prairie Provinces. 

 (Arrows indicate the chinook belt.) 



companies in the way of labor saving machinery, history 

 alone will determine. 



3. Where Dry Farming Applies.— One or more of the 

 established dry farming practices should be used wher- 

 ever moisture is the limiting factor in the yield of crops. 

 This condition, of course, obtains chiefly in the areas of 

 low rainfall, but may be found in other places where 



