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Show year has been dryer and more severe than that of 1910. The "glowing season" sea-son" includes the months of April, May and June and, though those three months of 1910 were far below normal, they havo this year been dryer still. May, since lS'.IS, has been the wettest month ami yet May of this year brought only 0.22 of an inch of. rain ami that came In two showers which made the total practically useless to the growing crop. Then, too, the month of May was cold and an abnormal abnor-mal amount of wind assisted greatly In causing an excessive amount of evaporation. The past whiter, however, how-ever, being mild and about normally wet, no doubt accounts for the present condition of the, dry land crops. At present, niosi of the grain Is rapidly coming Into the heart. True, the straw Is unite short and the hearts are not large but there Is every lea son for believing that fair yields will be obtained. Should a heavy rain fall soon, it Is safe to say that the average yield would be better I tun 25 bushels; but of course, in the case of continued drought, that average will be considerably consid-erably reduced. Hut, even should the drought be prolonged, that land which has been properly taken care of will support Its crop to maturity. Here and there, over the Ievan Kldgo one sees a Held suffering for want of moisture. Such a condition Is due to one of two things. Kither the land Is new and Is trying to support too thick a stand of grain or else II Is land which has not been properly fallowed fal-lowed or cultivated in due time. These facts are Instructive and they teach , that the great problem of dry farming Is the conservation of moisture and In dry farming we must be prepared each . year for a season of drought. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ON DR FARMS. Supt. Cardon of Experiment Statioi Gives Status of Crops. The following appeared In the Jual County Times last week, and as I covers the conditions In Millard, wi reproduce It In full: In spite of the fact that not sinci the latter part of March has ther been any rain to speak of, the grail crops in this vicinity are general!: speaking. In good condition. Tha they are so, Is truly remarkable, es peclally when one Is aware of th fact that the growing season of thl |