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crops without irrigation. At first it was merely a 
whisper; then it was talked aloud, and before long 
became the great topic of conversation among the 
Fic. 98. Automobiles of Montana dry-farmers attending a dry-farming 
demonstration on the Fergus Co. substation. Aug. 3, 1909. 
thousands who love the West and wish for its de- 
velopment. Soon it became a National subject, of 
discussion. Immediately after the close of the nine- 
teenth century the new awakening had been accom- 
plished and dry-farming was moving onward to 
conquer the waste places of the earth. ; 
H. W. Campbell 
The history of the new awakening in dry-farming 
cannot well be written without a brief account of the 
work of H. W. Campbell who, in the public mind, 
has become intimately identified with the dry-farm 
movement. H. W. Campbell'’came from Vermont 
