DRY-FARMING 



practice is not adapted to dry-farming in 

 a region where the rainfall is fairly 

 heavy; 1 since the injury caused by stand- 

 ing water may be greater than the gain 

 from deep planting. Further, as the seed 

 is planted in the bottom of the freshly 

 turned furrow where the soil is not as 

 warm as close to the surface, listing 

 should not be begun before the seed-bed 

 is sufficiently warm. 



Cultivation. 



Cultivation is a very important opera- 

 tion, especially with such crops as corn, 

 and it should be continued until late in 

 the season, but the first cultivation may 

 be deeper than the later ones. How often 

 to cultivate depends upon the nature of 



1 It is sometimes said that in localities where the rainfall 

 is over 15 or 20 or 25 inches per annum it is incorrect to 

 speak of dry-farming. This is clearly a misconception, for 

 dry-farming is a relative term and may be followed with 

 advantage whether the annual precipitation be 15, 25, 

 30 inches or over. 



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