. Dry-farming;. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. YIELD OF DRY-FARM CROPS 289 comparatively small annual yield of dr3^-farm crops is emphasized in view of the common practice of summer fallowing, which means that the land is cropped only every other year or possi- bly two years out of three. Under such conditions the yield in any one year is cut in two to give an annual yield. The use of the header wherever possible in harvest- ing dry-farm grain also aids materially in maintaining soil- fertility. By means of the header only the heads of the grain are clipped off; the stalks are left standing.
. Dry-farming;. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. YIELD OF DRY-FARM CROPS 289 comparatively small annual yield of dr3^-farm crops is emphasized in view of the common practice of summer fallowing, which means that the land is cropped only every other year or possi- bly two years out of three. Under such conditions the yield in any one year is cut in two to give an annual yield. The use of the header wherever possible in harvest- ing dry-farm grain also aids materially in maintaining soil- fertility. By means of the header only the heads of the grain are clipped off; the stalks are left standing. In the fall, usually, this Fj^. 69. Dry-farm barley. Utah, 1909. stubble is plowed under and gradually decays. In the earlier dry-. 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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