DRY-FARMING 



ing. The products of irrigated land, such 

 as sugar-beets, vegetables, fruits, and 

 forage crops, are well adapted to the 

 local market; while grain crops, such as 

 wheat and maize for over-sea export, can 

 be produced much more cheaply on dry 

 lands. But undoubtedly the safest 

 method is to use dry-farming, whenever 

 possible, as an adjunct to irrigation; and 

 the arid West is now dotted with wind- 

 mills, which tap artesian veins; while 

 small dams are being built to collect the 

 surface water and so secure for the set- 

 tler, even in the severest drought, a little 

 fruit, a few vegetables, and some grain 

 for his table, and forage for his animals. 

 Thus the two parts of a farm — the dry 

 lands and the lands under water— are 

 being made to supplement one another to 

 their mutual advantage. At present the 

 Federal Government of the United 

 States is carefully considering a scheme 

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