HISTORY OF DRY-FARMING 



native tongue, the "Great Thirst Coun- 

 try," which is destined in our own hf etime 

 to become the happy and prosperous 

 home of hundreds of energetic colonists. 

 The lesson of all this is plain. In our dry 

 or desert lands we possess a priceless heri- 

 tage; and if there are any persons who 

 still think that there are no more good 

 farms to be had, you may remind them of 

 that fine saying of Emerson: "The last 

 lands are the best lands." 



Definition. 



The term "dry-farming," or, as some 

 writers prefer to say, "dry-land farm- 

 ing," is a new term which originated in 

 western America. In Utah and some 

 other portions of the Great Basin it is 

 common to speak of arid-farming. Still 

 another term is "scientific soil culture," 

 but it is far too cumbersome for the ordi- 

 nary farmer and is hardly worth discus- 

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