242 DRY-FARMING 
son with wheat very little search has been made for 
dry-farm barleys, and, naturally, the list of tested 
varieties is very small. Like wheat and oats, barley 
occurs in spring and winter varieties, but as in the 
FA Fic. 57. Dry-farm barley field, Washoe Co., Nevada. 
case of oats only one winter variety has as yet found 
its way into the approved list of dry-farm crops. 
The best dry-farm spring barleys are those belonging 
to the beardless and hull-less types, though the more 
common varieties also yield well, especially the six- 
rowed beardless barley. The winter variety is the 
