. Dry land farming . THE SIXTY-PENNY SPIKE TOOTH WOODEN HOME MADE HARROW. The summer-fallow in dry areas.—The summer-fal- low in dry areas means land that has been plowed the previous autumn, or some time during the spring or early summer, and is then kept more or less free from weed growth subsequently by some form of cultivation, until the season has arrived for sowing on it an autumn or a spring crop. Because of the amount of surface cultivation given to the soil when thus fallow, it is fre- quently spoken of as summer-tilled land. The term fal- low implies that the soil is idle during the
. Dry land farming . THE SIXTY-PENNY SPIKE TOOTH WOODEN HOME MADE HARROW. The summer-fallow in dry areas.—The summer-fal- low in dry areas means land that has been plowed the previous autumn, or some time during the spring or early summer, and is then kept more or less free from weed growth subsequently by some form of cultivation, until the season has arrived for sowing on it an autumn or a spring crop. Because of the amount of surface cultivation given to the soil when thus fallow, it is fre- quently spoken of as summer-tilled land. The term fal- low implies that the soil is idle during the period of tillage, but to this idea there is the exception that in
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