DRY-LAND CROPS 



might well obtain one or other of the 

 standard varieties recommended by that 

 station, or such superior corns as Min- 

 nesota No. 13 and Wisconsin No. 7, to be 

 obtained from the experiment stations of 

 these States. But the important thing to 

 remember is, as far as possible, to grow 

 only one or two varieties and to plant 

 them far enough apart to avoid mixing 

 or cross-fertilization. 



It is not hard to foretell that corn is 

 destined to become one of the most im- 

 portant dry-farm crops in the semi-arid 

 section of the United States, because of 

 its great value as a fodder and as a grain 

 crop. 



Alfalfa {Lucern)\ 



Alfalfa^ is a very valuable crop for the 

 dry-farmer and it is now being grown in 



1 Alfalfa, the Arabic name by which this plant was 

 known in Spain and carried thence to Mexico, California 

 and the western United States. It would be well, how- 



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