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they should displace the miscellaneous collection of 
wheat varieties now grown. The individual farmer 
can be a law unto himself no more in wheat growing 
than in fruit growing, if he desires to reap the largest 
reward of his efforts. Only by uniformity of kind 
and quality and large production will any one locality 
impress itself upon the markets and create a demand. 
The changes now in progress by the dry-farmers of 
the United States indicate that this lesson has been 
taken to heart. The principle is equally important 
for all countries where dry-farming is practiced. 
Other small grains 
Oats is undoubtedly a coming dry-farm crop. 
Several varieties have been found which yield well 
on lands that receive an average annual rainfall of 
less than fifteen inches. Others will no doubt be 
discovered or developed as special attention is given 
to dry-farm oats. Oats occurs as spring and winter 
varieties, but only one winter variety has as yet 
found place in the list of dry-farm crops. The leading 
spring varieties of oats are the Sixty-Day, Kherson, 
Burt, and Swedish Select. The one winter variety, 
which is grown chiefly in Utah, is the Boswell, a 
black variety originally brought from England about 
1901. 
Barley, like the other common grains, occurs in 
varietics that grow well on dry-farms. In compari- 
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