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DRY-FARMING 



during the spring, summer, and fall of the fallow year. 

 The appreciation of the fact that weeds consume 

 precious moisture and fertility seemed to be general 



Fig. 47. Clean summer fallow. I'tah. Note the strip of dirty fallow 

 (at left). Only clean summer fallow should be practiced in dry-farming. 



among the dry-farmers from all sections of the coun- 

 try. (See Fig. 47.) The following states, provinces, 

 and countries declared themselves as being definitely 

 and emphatically in favor of clean summer fallowing: 

 California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Montana, 



