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Acreage Yields. 



We have not been able as yet, to get alfalfa started. Winter wheat 

 in our main crop, yielding from 10 to 25 bushels per acre." 



(n) WYOMING. 



Precipitation. 



William Boyce, of Granite Canon, living at an altitude of 7,373 feet, 

 reports an average of ra'nfall of 16 inches. "Most of this moisture," 

 he says, "comes from the first of April to the first of September." Dry 

 farming has been practiced by some farmers or ranchmen in that region 

 for 32 years. There has been a sufficient amount of rainfall, so dis- 



Diversified Crops. 



tributed as to produce good crops of wheat, rye, barley, f.eld peas, oats, 

 flax and vegetables for 17 years. 



Soil Treatment. 



"Deep plowing and thorough preparation of the soil before seeding, 

 retaining winter snows from blowing away wall insure success. After 

 sod land has been broken and decayed, a given amount of moisture will 

 penetrate the soil fully twice as deep as it will before the sod is broken. 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes are the best paying crop that the di^y farmer can raise on 

 Wyoming soli. I sold 2,000 bushels of potatoes from 10 acres this last 

 season." 



Crop, Yields, Profits. 



Andrew T. Malin, of Laramie County, has been dry farming for 10 

 years. He successfully grows turnips, oats, rye, wheat, barley, emmer, 

 millet, potatoes, pumpkins, alfalfa and timothy. Small grain yields 15 

 to 30 bushels per acre. He is quite certain he can make 25 per cent, 

 profit on his farm, besides, "keeping the wolf from the door." His neat 

 commodious home and well improved farm well stocked, demonstrates 

 the truth of his assertion, for it is one of the best farms in eastern 

 Wyomdng. 



Soil Treatment — Auxiliary Irrigation. 



Chas. A. Sherman, of Manvrlle, has cropped non-irrigated lands for 

 20 years. He breaks the sod with oxen and plow's a little deeper eacli 

 year. He grows small grain, vegetables, alfalfa and brome grass on his 

 farm. He often cuts 600 pounds of brome grass seed per acre. Most 

 gardens in his district are irrigated from mills. 



Crop Rotation. 



Stephen Haines, of Prne Bluffs, has had eight years' experience, 

 farming without irrigation in western Nebraska and at Pine Bluffs. He 

 says he has had best results with one cultivated crop thoroughly worked, 

 followed by one or two small grain crops. He suggests that farmers do not 



