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DRY-FARMING 



son with wheat very httle search lias been made for 

 dr}'-farm barleys, and, naturally, the list of tested 

 varieties is very small. Like wheat and oats, barley 

 occurs in spring and winter varieties, but as in the 



Fig. 57. Dry-furm barley field, Washoe Co.. Nevada. 



case of oats (jnly one winter variety has as yet found 

 its way mio the ajiproved list (.)f dry-farm crcjps. 

 The best dry-farm sjirins l.iarle}-s are those belonging 

 to the beardless and hull-less types, though the more 

 common varieties also }-ield well, es]ieeially the six- 

 rowed beardless barley. The winder variety is the 



