DRY-FARMING 



Bank of the State comes along and lends 

 him whatever capital he requires. Al- 

 ready more than £1,000,000 ($5,000,- 

 000) has been advanced in this way." 



By Land Settlement the lonely farm is 

 enriched for a new railroad sweeps along 

 the section line. And now the farmer 

 finds a ready market for his produce ris- 

 ing at his very door ; and his wife, in sick- 

 ness or sorrow, seeks help and comfort 

 through the ever faithful telephone; and 

 his eager-hearted lad searches out, in the 

 county town, those avenues of employ- 

 ment which lead alike to fortune and to 

 fame. 



The last romance of agriculture— 

 the most daring story science has to tell 

 —is the Conquest of the Desert. But 

 yesterday, on our school map, we marked 

 the long white trail of the Pioneers, the 

 little cross, and the nameless grave. To- 

 day, majestic liners and gigantic trains 

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