. Dry-farming; a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall. Dry farming. DEPTH OF ROOT SYSTEMS 87 On deeper and somewhat drier soils, corn roots went down as far as eight feet. The roots of the. Fio. 24. Sugar-beet roots. small grains, — wheat, oats, barley, — penetrated the soil from four to eight or ten feet. Vari- ous perennial grasses rooted to a depth of four feet the first year; the next year, five and one half feet;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
. Dry-farming; a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall. Dry farming. DEPTH OF ROOT SYSTEMS 87 On deeper and somewhat drier soils, corn roots went down as far as eight feet. The roots of the. Fio. 24. Sugar-beet roots. small grains, — wheat, oats, barley, — penetrated the soil from four to eight or ten feet. Vari- ous perennial grasses rooted to a depth of four feet the first year; the next year, five and one half feet;. 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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