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crops without irrigation. At first it was merely a 

 whisper; then it was talked aloud, and before long 

 became the great topic of conversation among the 



Fig. 98. Automobiles of Montana dry-farmers attending a dry-farming 

 demonstration on the Fergus Co. substation. Aug. 3, 1909. 



thousands who love the West and wish for its de- 

 velopment. Soon it became a National subject of 

 discussion. Immediately after the close of the nine- 

 teenth century the new awakening had been accom- 

 plished and dry-farming was moving onward to 

 conquer the waste ])laces of the earth. 



//. W. Campbell 



The history of the new awakening in dry-farming 

 cannot well be written without a brief account of the 

 work of H. W. Campbell who, in the public mind, 

 has become intimately identified with the dry-farm 

 movement. H. W. Campbell came from Vermont 



