Pullman , Washin^lon 



Such parts of it as are not irrigated are covere I with a sparse growth 

 of bunch grass upon which sheep, horses an 1 cattle are grazed. The 

 wheat growing section lies on the outside of this area, 

 principally to the east of it, the only important wheat 

 growing areas west of the dry region being i:i western Klickitat and 

 western Douglas count}'. On both sides of the dry region the rainfall 

 increases toward the Cascade Mountains on tlie west, and the Moun- 

 tains of Idaho on the east. The most extensive area of cultivated land 



Harvest Scene near Pullman. 



in the state lies between the Idaho line and the lo-in. rainfall line 

 west of it. It stretches in a broad belt from the Spokane River on the 

 north, to and across the Snake River, skirting around the base of the 

 Blue Mountains in Southeastern Washington to Walla Walla. Between 

 the ID and 15-inch rainfall lines the land is partly farmed and partU' 

 grazed, the rainfall being near the lower limit of the amount required 

 for successful agriculture. East of the 20-inch rainfall line, crops have 

 never been known to fail. 



By consulting the rainfall map it will be seen that Pullman is situ- 



