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portant advantage in high altitude; in growth 

 and quality of grass and forage; and in climate 

 favorable to the feeding of stock. Eange stock 

 from some of these high mountain or plateau 

 ranches brings full price of corn-fed meat. If a 

 place is suitable to a certain kind of stock do not 

 try to force .profits out of raising something for 

 which it is not so well suited. What are the con- 

 ditions of climate ? There may be blizzards or 

 cold, wet spring storms, which must be prepared 

 against. Other things may suggest themselves 

 to the man who wants a stock ranch. Many of 

 his considerations will be those of personal taste, 

 and there is much opportunity in the arid re- 

 gion for men to control their conditions and 

 build without interference of natural forces. 



There are great dry farms in parts of the 

 West where grain raising is the principal indus- 

 try. Such products may be hauled some dis- 

 tance to market and if stock raising is combined 

 with crop production, nearness to town may not 

 be a very important consideration. In selecting 

 a dry farm, give weighty consideration to three 

 things. First, can good domestic water be had ? 

 Second, is the rainfall (including snow) suffi- 

 cient for profitable crop growing ? Third, is the 

 soil such that this moisture can be successfully 

 stored for the use of the crop and will this soil 

 be productive. 



