THE PRESENT STATUS OF DRY-FARMING 391 
so widely advertised during the dry season of 1894, 
the farmers who remained on their farms and since 
that time have employed modern methods have se- 
cured wealth from their labors. The important ques- 
tion before the farmers of this district is that of 
methods for securing the best results. From the 
Dakotas to Texas the farmers bear the testimony 
that wherever the soil has been treated right, accord- 
ing to approved methods, there have been no crop 
failures. 
Canada 
Dry-farming has been pushed vigorously in the 
semiarid portions of Canada, and with great success. 
Dry-farming is now reclaiming large areas of formerly 
worthless land, especially in Alberta, Saskatchewan, 
and the adjoining provinces. Dry-farming is com- 
paratively recent in Canada, yet here and there are 
semiarid localities where crops have been raised 
without irrigation for upwards of a quarter of a cen- 
tury. In Alberta and other places it has been now 
practiced successfully for eight or ten years, and it 
may be said that dry-farming is a well-established 
practice in the semiarid regions of the Dominion of 
Canada. 
Mexico “ 
In Mexico, likewise, dry-farming has been tried and 
found to be successful. The natives of Mexico have 
