370 DRY-FARMING 



Station is investigating the problems of dry-farming 

 peculiar to the Columbia Basin, and the staff of 

 the Oregon Station is carrying on similar work. In 

 Nebraska, some very important experiments on dry- 

 farming are being conducted. In North Dakota 

 there were in 1910 twentv-one drv-farm demon- 

 stration farms. In South Dakota, Kansas, and 

 Texas, provisions are similarly made for dry-farm 

 investigations. In fact, up and down the Great 

 Plains area there are stations maintained by the 

 state or Federal government for the ].)urpose of deter- 

 mining the methods under which cro])s can be pro- 

 duced without irrigation. 



At the head of the (u'cat Plains area at Saskatch- 

 ewan one of the oldest dry-farm stations in America 

 is located (since 1SS8). In Prussia several stations 

 are devoted very largely to the jjroblems of dry 

 land agriculture. To be especially mentioned for 

 the excellence of the work d{ine are the stations at 

 Odessa, Cherson, and Poltava. This last-named 

 Station has been established since l.SSO. 



In connection with the work done l)y the experi- 

 ment stations should be mentioned the assistance 

 given by the railroads. I\Iany of the railroads own- 

 ing land along their resjiective lines are greatly 

 benefited in the selling of these lands liy a knowl- 

 edge of the methods whereby the lands may be 

 made productive. However, the railroads depend 

 chiefly for their success upon the increased prosperity 



