. Dry land farming. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. GROWING GRAIN CROPS IN DRY AREAS 255 on a rainfall of 15 inches and even on less than that amount, but it is not so easy, nevertheless, to grow good crops of oats with assured certainty in the semi-arid belt as some of the other small grain crops. This arises, first, from the fact that oats may not be sown quite so safely early in the season as these, and, second, because of the heavier drain on soil moisture which it is claimed is necessary to meet the needs of the crop. This crop is. DRY LAND CANADIAN WHITE OATS, FERGUS CO., MONTANA. Court
. Dry land farming. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. GROWING GRAIN CROPS IN DRY AREAS 255 on a rainfall of 15 inches and even on less than that amount, but it is not so easy, nevertheless, to grow good crops of oats with assured certainty in the semi-arid belt as some of the other small grain crops. This arises, first, from the fact that oats may not be sown quite so safely early in the season as these, and, second, because of the heavier drain on soil moisture which it is claimed is necessary to meet the needs of the crop. This crop is. DRY LAND CANADIAN WHITE OATS, FERGUS CO., MONTANA. Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. of both spring and winter varieties. The latter of course, can only be grown in the milder latitudes. It is grown both for the grain and to provide hay. Soils.—The oat crop will grow on a wide range of soils, but it does not succeed well in the semi-arid coun- try on soils that lose moisture readily. Loam soils that are reasonably friable and moist have highest adapata-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaw, Thomas, 1843- [from old catalog]. St. Paul, Minn. , The Pioneer company
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