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summer culture and often harvests more than double the average yield 

 of his district. He has been following this plan seven years. 



Acreage Yields. 



Some seasons cuts 2^^ tons of alfalfa per acre. Winter grain for 

 the district, runs from 12 o 25 bushels. Spring grain 12 to 40 bushels. 

 Oats sometimes as high as 75 bushels per acre. Potatoes yield from 

 50 to 100 bushels per acre. 

 Poor Dry Farming. 



E. B. Quible, of Merriman, reports very little crop growing in his 

 region, the ranchmen being largely engaged in stock raising. They 

 have a very sandy soil, only plow three to six inches deep and crop 

 annually. 



E. A. Bigelow, of Harrison, says he has farmed there for 20 years. 

 He states he crops annually, plows but four inches deep and harrows 

 two to three times. His crops are small grain, corn, potatoes and 

 alfalfa. 



Precipitation — Acreage Yields, 



J. F. Young, secretary of the Farmers' Institute at Cody, informs 

 us that his ' region is farming 100,000 acres without irrigation with an 

 annual precipitation of but 12 inches. Crops of corn, oats, barley and 

 potatoes are being grown successfully. Grain crops yield from eight 

 to 40 bushels and potatoes 20 to 100 bushels per acre. 



Dairying — Stock Raising. 



Erastus Hobbs, at Brule, says he has farmed without irrigation in 

 that section for 20 years. By combining dairying and stock raising 

 with crop growing he feels that Brule farmers are certain of success. 



Soil Fertilization. 



He finds he can use manure as a top dressing to his small grain 

 ground to great advantage, when applied with a manure spreader. Wheat, 

 corn, emmer and potatoes are the staple crops. 



Dry Land Acreage. 



Jno. W. Roberts, Hay Springs, reports for his region, 2,000 acres 

 under irrigation and 200,000 acres being farmed without irrigation, with 

 a possibility of 800,000 acres to be thus farmed. He has been in that 

 section for 20 years and no longer considers dry farming an experiment, 

 but a decided success. Fruit culture just being started in that section. 

 He says everything which can be grown at that altitude (3600 feet), 

 grows quite successfully. 



Crop Rotation — Soil Treatment. 



Best results come with a good crop rotation and modern dry farm 

 methods. Deep cultivation, a thorough top dressing, diligent use of the 

 barrow following deep plowing, he considers essentials for Sheridan 

 county farmers to put in practice. Dry farming has raised his country 



