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they should displace the miscellaneous collection of 

 wheat varieties now grown. The individual farmer 

 can be a law unto himself no more in wheat growing 

 than in fruit growing, if he desires to reap the largest 

 reward of his efforts. Only by uniformity of kind 

 and quality and large production will any one locality 

 impress itself upon the markets and create a demand. 

 The changes now in progress by the drj^-farmers of 

 the United States indicate that this lesson has been 

 taken to heart. The principle is equally important 

 for all countries where dry-farmiug is practiced. 



Otiiei' small grains 



Oats is undoubtedly a coming dry-farm crop. 

 Several varieties have been found which yield well 

 on lands that receive an average annual rainfall of 

 less than fifteen inches. Others will no doubt be 

 discovered or developed as special attention is given 

 to dry-farm oats. Oats occurs as spring and winter 

 varieties, but only one winter variety has as yet 

 found place in the list of dry-farm crops. The leading 

 spring varieties of oats are the Sixty-Day, Kherson, 

 Burt, and Swedish Select. The one winter variety, 

 which is grown chiefly in Utah, is the Boswell, a 

 black variety originally brought from England about 

 1901. 



Barley, like the other common grains, occurs in 

 varieties that grow well on dry-farms. In compari- 



