294 DRY-FARMING 
of the relation between the live stock industry and 
dry-farming. While it is undoubtedly true that no 
system of agriculture will be wholly satisfactory 
to the farmer and truly beneficial to the state, unless 
Fic. 70. Dry-farm beardless barley. New Mexico, 1909. 
it is connected definitely with the production of 
live stock, yet it must be admitted that the present 
prevailing dry-farm conditions do not always favor 
comfortable animal life. For instance, over a large 
