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38 bushels; winter rye, 12 to 22 bushels; emmer, 30 to 35 bushels; oats, 

 30 to 80 bushels; barley, 20 to 46 bushels; corn, 30 to 75 bushels; Can- 

 adian field peas, three o five tons; alfalfa, 11-2 to 2 1-2 tons; sugar 

 beets, 10 to 15 tons; potatoes, 75 to 150 bushels. 



"Beyond doubt, dry farming has passed the experimental stage and 

 is now a commercial proposition. Altitude of land farmed, varies from 

 3,000 to 4,000 i'eet." 



Diversified Crops. 



Drape Bros., living at Red Lodge, state that a large area in that 

 region could be cultivated which cannot be irrigated. Some of these 

 lands have been profitably cultivated for three years. Turkey Red 

 wheat, fall sown, and Durum wheat, spring sown, have given good 

 results, as well as tSarley and oats. Alfalfa gives one, and often two good 

 crops where, under irrigation, same region, it gives three and some- 

 times four crops. Poitatoes have recently "made good" and fruit cul- 

 ture is being introduced. Altitude 5548 feet. Many of the farmers 

 operate both under and above the ditch. 



Dry Land Acreage — Precipitation. 



John B. Clark, living at Moore, states that his country has 100,000 

 acres under irrigation, 75,000 being farmed without irrigation and one 

 million acres possible for dry farming methods. Rainfall 18 inches, 

 heaviest rainfall in June and July. Dry farming has been practiced 

 in this region for six years. Crops of wheat, oats, barley and potatoes 

 are staple, while clover, timothy and alfalfa are also being grown. 



Acreage Yields. 



For eight years, oats have averaged 50 bushels per acre. Wheat 

 for three years, averaged 30 bushels per acre. Mr. Clark broke up 240 

 acres of prairie siod, summer tilled it, put it into Turkey Red wheat in 

 the fall of 1907. Although the summer of 1908 was the driest one known 

 for years, his wheat yielded him 22 1/^ bushels per acre. 



Fruit and Shade Trees. 



A number of farmers have been putting out fruit and shade trees 

 in the last few years. Altitude 4,300 feet. When summer tilled, they 

 are doing well. Mr. Clark has' an orchard of 100 apiple trees, which have 

 been set out three years and are now fine, healthy looking trees. Speak- 

 ing from experience, Mr. Clark says: 



Soil Treatment. 



"Good deep plowing is best; practice keeping well up to the plow 

 with the harrow. Harrow after every heavy rain, until seeding time, 

 early in September, with us. Use about 40 pounds of wheat to the acre, 

 seeded with good drill. Harrow once or twice in the spring and we are 



Acreage Yields. 



sure of 30 to 40 bushels to the acre. Some, here, are disking their stub- 

 ble early in the spring to conserve moisture and kill weeds." 



