THE STATUS IN THE GREAT BASIN 387 
Dry-farming, however, is well established. There 
are large areas, especially in Nevada, that receive 
less than ten inches of rainfall annually, and one 
of the leading problems before the dry-farmers of 
this district is the determination of the possibility 
Fig. 103. Dry-farm Kubanka wheat, and nature of country near Reno, 
Nevada. 
of producing crops upon such lands without irriga- 
tion. On the older dry-farms, which have existed 
in some cases from forty to fifty years, there are no 
signs of diminution of soil-fertility. Undoubtedly, 
however, even under the conditions of extremely 
high fertility prevailing in the Great Basin, the time 
will soon come when the dry-farmer must make 
provision for restoring to the soil some of the fertility 
