. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. HARROWS FOR DRY-FARMING 311 thinned effectively. At otlier times it may be observed in the spring that the rains and winds have led to the formation of a crust over the soil, which must be broken to let the plants have full freedom of growth and development. This is accomplished by slanting. Fig. 80. Spring tooth harrow. the harrow teeth backward, and the crust may then be broken without serious injury to the plants. The smoothing harrow is a very useful implement on the dry-farm. For following the plow,
. Dry-farming : a system of agriculture for countries under a low rainfall . Dry farming. HARROWS FOR DRY-FARMING 311 thinned effectively. At otlier times it may be observed in the spring that the rains and winds have led to the formation of a crust over the soil, which must be broken to let the plants have full freedom of growth and development. This is accomplished by slanting. Fig. 80. Spring tooth harrow. the harrow teeth backward, and the crust may then be broken without serious injury to the plants. The smoothing harrow is a very useful implement on the dry-farm. For following the plow, however, a more useful imj^lement is the disk harrow, which is a com- paratively recent invention. It consists of a series of disks which may be set at various angles with the line of traction and thus be made to turn over the soil while at the same time pulverizing it. (See Fig. 81.) The best dry-farm practice is to plow in the fall and let the soil lie in the rough during the winter months. In the. 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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