DRY-FARMING 



ing. The products of irrigated land, such 

 as sugar-beets, vegetables, fruits, and 

 forage crops, are well adapted to the 

 local market; while grain crops, such as 

 wheat and maize for over-sea export, can 

 be produced much more cheaply on dry 

 lands. But undoubtedly the safest 

 method is to use dry-farming, whenever 

 possible, as an adjunct to irrigation; and 

 the arid West is now dotted with wind- 

 mills, which tap artesian veins; while 

 small dams are being built to collect the 

 surface water and so secure for the set- 

 tler, even in the severest drought, a little 

 fruit, a few vegetables, and some grain 

 for his table, and forage for his animals. 

 Thus the two parts of a farm — the dry 

 lands and the lands under water — are 

 being made to supplement one another to 

 their mutual advantage. At present the 

 Federal Government of the United 

 States is carefully considering a scheme 

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