CONCLUSIONS. 
1. The country is improving rapidly. 
2. The sod house is disappearing. In a few years “soddies” 
are likely to be rare/except on newly settled places. 
3. When prices of cattle are low, the “dual-purpose” cow is 
likely to become prominent, and creameries and cheese factories 
will receive support from the owners of small herds. 
4. The production of winter eggs should be a good business 
on the plains. 
5. If the country continues to settle up, in a short time 
all stock must be fed and sheltered during winter. 
6. The stock industry is in a transition stage. Unless 
methods change, a herd of more than 300 cattle owned by one 
person will soon be rare. 
7. Sorghum is rapidly gaining ground as a forage crop, 
because it is one of the surest crops known where droughts are 
common. 
8. The number of acres it takes to sustain a cow is estimated 
at from ten to thirty. With a large area of carefully selected land 
in drought resistant forage crops the number of animals which 
could be kept in the country could be increased considerably. 
9. The Vernon and Idalia divides, especially the Vernon 
divide, must be considered as farming districts. These communi¬ 
ties raise grain for sale practically every year, and they can be 
depended upon for supplies of winter feed for cattle which graze 
in the thinly settled neighborhoods in the summer. Many farmers 
near Vernon now take cattle to winter, and the evidence indicates 
an increase in this business in the future. 
10. In all districts except the Vernon divide and some parts 
of the Idalia divide, it will probably pay best to confine the farm¬ 
ing to raising rough feed for wintering stock. 
11. Stock raising must be the basis of all successful agricul¬ 
tural efforts in this region, and crop raising should be generally 
attempted as an aid to stock raising. 
12. Bach home can have a few trees, which can be kept in 
good condition by using the waste water. 
13. Some men will fail on the Plains; but we must consider 
that success or failure everywhere depends upon the man behind 
the business. 
