250 



DRY-FARMING 



deed it lias been found much more profitable than 

 wheat production. The field bean, likewise, has 

 been grown successfully under dry-farm conditions, 



Fig. 59. Dry-farm sixty-day oat field. Choteau, Montana. Yield, 105 

 Ijushils I'KT acre. 



under a great variety of climates. In ^lexico and 

 other southern climates, the native population pro- 

 duce large quantities of beans upon their dry lands. 



