AREAS OP DRY-PARMING 27 



SlTB-HUMID TO HuMID GrOUP 



Kansas 81,700 



Minnesota 79,205 



Oklahoma 38,830 



Texas 262,290 



Total 462,025 



Total for all groups . 1,861,652 



The territory directly interested in the develop- 

 ment of the methods of dry-farming forms 63 per 

 cent of the whole of the continental United States, 



Fig. 11. Sagebrush on fertile clay loam under an annual rainfall of 15 

 inches. Utah. Wherever there is a thrifty growth of sagebrush, the 

 success of dry-farming is certain. 



not including Alaska, and covers an area of 1,861,652 

 square miles, or 1,191,457,280 acres. If any excuse 



