. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. 312 DRY-FARMING spring the land is thoroughlj^ disked and reduced to a fine condition. Following this the smoothing harrow is occasionally used to form a more perfect mulch. When seeding is to be done immediately after plow- ing, the plow is followed by the disk harrow, and that in turn is follcnved by the smoothing harrow. The ground is then ready for seeding. The disk harrow. Fig. 81. Disk harrow. is also used extensively throughout the summer in maintaining a proper mulch. It does its work more effecti
. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. 312 DRY-FARMING spring the land is thoroughlj^ disked and reduced to a fine condition. Following this the smoothing harrow is occasionally used to form a more perfect mulch. When seeding is to be done immediately after plow- ing, the plow is followed by the disk harrow, and that in turn is follcnved by the smoothing harrow. The ground is then ready for seeding. The disk harrow. Fig. 81. Disk harrow. is also used extensively throughout the summer in maintaining a proper mulch. It does its work more effectivel_y than the ortlinai-y smoothing harrow and is, therefore, rapidly displacing all other forms of harrows for the jKU'pose of maintaining a layer of loose soil over the dry-farm. There are several kinds of disk harrows used b^' dr-s'-farmers. The full disk. 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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