. Dry-farming; a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall. Dry farming. 110 DRY-FARMING of a clay soil to a depth of 8 feet to be 19 per cent; of a clay loam, to be 18 per cent; of a loam, 17 per cent; of another loam somewhat more sandy, 16 per cent; of a sandy loam, 14^ per cent, and of a very. Fig. 29. Rainwater moving downward through soil becomes changed into a capillary film of water around the soil particles. sandy loam, 14 per cent. Leather found that in the calcareous arid soil of India the upper 5 feet con- tained 18 per cent of water at the close of the wet season. I
. Dry-farming; a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall. Dry farming. 110 DRY-FARMING of a clay soil to a depth of 8 feet to be 19 per cent; of a clay loam, to be 18 per cent; of a loam, 17 per cent; of another loam somewhat more sandy, 16 per cent; of a sandy loam, 14^ per cent, and of a very. Fig. 29. Rainwater moving downward through soil becomes changed into a capillary film of water around the soil particles. sandy loam, 14 per cent. Leather found that in the calcareous arid soil of India the upper 5 feet con- tained 18 per cent of water at the close of the wet season. It may be concluded, therefore, that the field-water capacities of ordinary dry-farm soils are not very high, ranging from 15 to 20 per cent, with an average for ordinary dry-farm soils in the neighborhood of. 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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