IMPLEMENTS FOR DRY-FARMING 827 
so far as its profits are concerned, upon the develop- 
ment of new and more suitable machinery for the 
tillage of the soil in accordance with the established 
principles of dry-farming. 
Finally, the recommendations made by Merrill may 
here be inserted. A dry-farmer for best work should 
be supplied with the following implements in addition 
to the necessary wagons and hand tools: — 
One Plow. 
One Disk. 
One Smoothing Harrow. 
‘One Drill Seeder. 
One Harvester or Header. 
One Mowing Machine. 
