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this work with a feeling of greater security. Of 

 course, it is true that the dry years affect the flow of 

 water in the canals and that the frequent breaking of 

 dams and canal walls leaves the farmer helpless in the 

 face of the blistering heat. Yet, all in all, a greater 

 feeling of securit}' is possessed by the irrigation- 

 farmer than b}' the dr}'-farmer. 



j\Iost important, however, are the temperamental 

 differences in men which make some desirous of giving 

 themselves to the cultivation of a small area of irri- 

 gated land under intensive conditions and others to 

 dry-farming under extensive conditions. In fact, it 

 is l.)eing observed in the arid region that men, because 

 (^f their temperamental differences, are gradually sep- 

 arating into the two classes of irrigation-farmers and 

 dry-farmers. The dry-farms of necessity cover much 

 larger areas than the irrigated farms. The land is 

 cheaper and tlie crops are smaller. The methods to 

 be applietl are tliose (jf extensive farming. The prof- 

 its on the investment also appear to be somewhat 

 larger. The very necessity of pitting intellect against 

 the fierceness of the drouth appears to have attracted 

 many men t(j the chi'-farms. Gradually, the cer- 

 tainty (.)f producing crops on dry-farms from season 

 to season is becoming established, and the essential 

 difference between the two kinds of farming in the 

 arid districts will then be the difference between 

 intensive and extensive methods of culture. Men 

 will lie attracted to one or other of these systems 



