. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. THE FARM AT INDIAN HEAD 409 The annual rainfall shown in the second column does not include the water which fell in the form of snow. According to the records at hand, the annual snow fall varied from to inches of water, which should be added to the rainfall given in the Fig. 110. View of Palouse wheat district, showing rolling nature of country. Even with this addition the rainfall shows the dis- trict to be of a distinctly semiarid character. It will be observed that the precipitation va
. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. THE FARM AT INDIAN HEAD 409 The annual rainfall shown in the second column does not include the water which fell in the form of snow. According to the records at hand, the annual snow fall varied from to inches of water, which should be added to the rainfall given in the Fig. 110. View of Palouse wheat district, showing rolling nature of country. Even with this addition the rainfall shows the dis- trict to be of a distinctly semiarid character. It will be observed that the precipitation varied from to inches, and that during the early '90's several rather dry years occurred. In spite of this large variation good crops have been obtained during the whole period of nineteen years. Not one failure is recorded. The lowest yield of 17 bushels per acre. 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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