DRY-FARMING IN A NUTSHELL 415 
portant in ordinary years than where the summers 
are dry and the winters wet. Only an absolutely 
clean fallow should be permitted. 
The fertility of dry-farm soils must be maintained. 
Return the manure; plow under green leguminous 
Fie. 111. Homeward bound. Sagebrush in foreground; dry-farms in the 
distance. 
crops occasionally and practice rotation. On fertile 
soils plants mature with the least water. 
Sow only by the drill method. Wherever possible 
use fall varieties of crops. Plant deeply — three or 
four inches for grain. Plant early in the fall, espe- 
cially if the land has been summer fallowed. Use only 
about one half as much seed as is recommended for 
humid-farming. 
All the ordinary crops may be grown by dry-farm- 
ing. Secure seed that has been raised on dry-farms. 
Look out for new varieties, especially adapted for 
dry-farming, that may be brought in. Wheat is 
king in dry-farming; corn a close second. Turkey 
wheat promises the best. 
