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get seed which is raised in the north where the seasons are short and iw 

 the arid country without irrigation. Where the season is long and warm, 

 the sorghums make good crops. Brome grass is one of the best drought- 

 resistant crops for pasture purposes, but it quickly gets sod-bound and it 

 must be harrowed or disced to keep it producing well. White sweet 

 clover is being tested by the Experiment Station and developed by one 

 of our plant breeders to so improve it that it will become a valuable crop- 

 for dry-farming and an important feed with grain for use in fattening 

 stock, especially lambs. French clover or sainfoin is a hardy drought- 

 resisting clover at high altitudes. The winter grains are especially 

 favourable for dry-farming, because the summer-fallow method properly 

 prepares the ground for such seed and the spring rains are sufficient to 

 mature the crop. Winter rye is one of the most successful dry-farm, 

 crops. Eye is not appreciated as it should be, for it is one of the best, 

 feeds for hogs that can be produced. 



Mixed Farming. 



The best paying dry-farms will be those in which a system of 

 cropping and feeding stock is combined. Where the crops are fed to 

 stock at the farm there is practically no loss of fertility. Manure 

 is an important item to be added to arid soils as it increases their humus, 

 making them more retentive of moisture as well as richer in plant food- 

 As has been suggested also, where grains are raised for stock feed they 

 may be cut early and fed in the bundle, which avoids the extra work of 

 threshing and hauling to market. There are most excellent or portunities 

 in Wyoming on account of our market facilities and favourable climate 

 for finishing lambs or old sheep, cattle, and swine, principally hogs of the 

 bacon type, and such system of farming will be sure to bring the largest 

 profit. 



Size of Farm. 



One man with a small amount of extra help should be able to farm 

 at least 160 acres by the summer-fallow method. This depends on his 

 knowing how to take advantage of conditions and on having the proper- 

 equipment. Four-horse tools pay. A man or boy with lour gocd horses and: 

 a three-section harrow can harrow thirty to thirty-five acres per day. 

 Using twice the power, by having plenty of horses and double size 

 machinery, enables one man to do two men's work, which is the most- 

 economical method. 



Equipment Needed. 



Dry-farming does not require any special or new equipment. There* 

 are some things which are absolutely essential, however, if the dry-farmer 

 is to make his business profitable. He should have four or six horses, a 

 three-section drag harrow, a 12 or 14 inch gang plough, and a disc harrow.. 

 An Acme harrow is a valuable instrument for maintaining the soil mulch.. 

 The farmer will also need one or two good cultivators and, if he has a 

 farm large enough to pay, he will require his own harvesting machinery. 

 It is sometimes most economical for several farmers to club together 

 and buy one harvesting machine rather than for each to have his own. 

 The press drill is one of the essentials. This may be either of the shoe 

 or the disc type. The disc drill has some advantages where there is 

 much stubble or refuse, like coarse manure on the ground, but on well 

 prepared summer-fallow ground the shoe drill with press wheels following 

 to firmly pack the seed probably does the best work. There are places 

 where there are heavy clay soils to contend with that a double press; 



