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tillage and the necessity for conserving the moisture and fertility of the 

 soil they having already had a great and far-reaching influence for good. 



Annual Expendituke on Dry-land Experiment Stations. 



Name. 



Williston, North Dakota 



Dickinson, North Dakota 



Edgeley, North Dakota 



Bellefourche, South Dakota . . 



North Platte, Nebraska 



Hays, Kansas 



Garden City, Kansas 



Akron, Colorado 



Amarillo, Texas . 



Dalhart, Texas . . '. 



Judith Basin, Montana 



One Travelling Field Assistant . . 

 Office Expenses 



Total 



Allotment. 



$300.00 



— 



£60 











1,200:00 



= 



240 











1,500. UU 





QAA 



A 



u 



A 



u 



4,200.00 





840 











1,700.00 





340 











1,050.00 





210 











1,000.00 





200 











4,527.00 





905 



8 







1,000.00 





200 











4,000.00 





800 











1,850.00 





370 











4,000.00 





800 











5,439.25 





1,088 











$31,766.25 =£6,353 8 



[approximately. 



Another official who took a great deal of time and trouble to make 

 my stay in the Capital profitable was Mr. W. M. Jardine, Agronomist in 

 Charge of Experiments with Dry-land Grains. Mr. Jardine has had a long 

 experience in connection with dry-land farming operations. He was 

 born in southern Idaho in a dry-farming zone, and from thence he went 

 into Utah where for some time he was manager of a large arid farm, 

 situated in the Dog Valley, some eight miles from the town of 

 Nephi, a well-known dry-farming section. In passing it should be said 

 that Utah is the State which has done more than any other in the United 

 States to advance the practice of dry-farming. Jardine's special work is 

 in connection with the development of new types of grains especially 

 adapted to dry-land conditions, giving particular attention to the small 

 grains, wheat,* oats, and barley. He is a strong advocate of the need of 

 one particular variety of wheat in place of the great number of different 

 sorts which have been previously grown. 



He recommends for a winter variety for the dry-lands of the west, 

 the Turkey Eed, Kharkov, and Crimean wheats — the group commonly 

 known as Crimean wheats because they were introduced into the United 

 States from the Crimea. Winter wheat is planted from the 15th of 

 August to the 15th of October and is harvested from the 1st of July to 

 the 1st of August. The above named wheats have proved to be the best 

 varieties for years past when grown as winter wheat. It should also 

 be stated that winter wheat is much more profitable and gives a much 

 larger yield per acre on the dry lands than spring wheat, and is therefore 

 grown wherever possible. With regard to spring wheats on dry lands, 

 that is, wheat planted in April or May, the hardiest varieties undoubtedly 

 are those of the Durum group, which were introduced into the United 

 States in 1902. 



Jardine has done a great work in teaching the dry-farmer of the west 

 the absolute necessity of organisation for the production of one uniform 



* It is worthy of remark that the wheat grown in California is a soft variety and is. 

 therefore, not suitable when used alone for milling purposes. It has been found that the 

 introduction of wheat from Kansas and Utah, which is of a harder type, is very beneficial in 

 strengthening the weaker qualities of the California wheat. 



