AREAS OF DRY-FARMING oF 
Sus-HUMIp To Humip Group 
Kansas ne oe ee 81,700 
Minnesota. . . ... 79,205 
Oklahoma . . .... 38,830 
"lexas; we se eo er we x 262,290 
Total. . . . . 462,025 
Total for all groups . 1,861,652 
The territory directly interested in the develop- 
ment of the methods of dry-farming forms 63 per 
cent of the whole of the continental United States, 
Fic. 11. Sagebrush on fertile clay loam under an annual rainfall of 15 
inches. Utah. Wherever there is a thrifty growth of sagebrush, the 
success of dry-farming is certain. 
not including Alaska, and covers an area of 1,861,652 
square miles, or 1,191,457,280 acres. If any excuse 
