DRY-FARMING 



the same principle, the harrowing or 

 work with the weeder is continued after 

 the grain or corn (maize) is up, and 

 during the growing period frequent cul- 

 tivation is practised. After the crop is 

 harvested the cultivation is not discon- 

 tinued, but the surface of the ground is 

 loosened as soon as possible after the crop 

 is removed by the use of the disc harrow, 

 and thus the soil is kept continually in a 

 condition not only to prevent the loss of 

 the water already stored in the soil, but 

 this same condition and mellow surface 

 favors the absorption of rain and largely 

 prevents the loss of water by surface 

 drainage." 



Summer culture is, therefore, different 

 from summer fallowing, for the sole aim 

 of the first is to keep the land constantly 

 stirred to conserve the rainfall, whereas 

 the object of the latter is simply to rest 

 the ground by letting it lie idle. Further- 

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