. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. ROOT SYSTEMS IN ARID SOILS 91 Nebraska to a depth of fifty feet. Hilgard further declares that in Cahfornia fibrous-rooted plants, such as wheat and barley, may descend in sandy soils from four to seven feet. Orchard trees in the. Fig. 26. Difference in root systems under humid and arid conditions. arid West, grown properly, are similarly observed to send their roots down to great depths. In fact, it has become a custom in many arid regions where the soils are easily penetrable to say that the root system
. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. ROOT SYSTEMS IN ARID SOILS 91 Nebraska to a depth of fifty feet. Hilgard further declares that in Cahfornia fibrous-rooted plants, such as wheat and barley, may descend in sandy soils from four to seven feet. Orchard trees in the. Fig. 26. Difference in root systems under humid and arid conditions. arid West, grown properly, are similarly observed to send their roots down to great depths. In fact, it has become a custom in many arid regions where the soils are easily penetrable to say that the root system of a tree corresponds in extent and branching to the part of the tree above 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 Widtsoe, John Andreas, 1872-1952. New York : The Macmillan Company
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