ADVANTAGE OP DEEP ROOTING 93 



the roots must be driven downward into the soil, 

 and that no injury needs to be apprehended from 

 deep and vigorous cultivation. 



One of the chief attempts of the dry-farmer must 

 be to see to it that the plants root deeply. This can 

 be done only by preparing the right kind of seed-bed 

 and by having the soil in its lower depths well stored 

 with moisture, so that the plants may be invited to 

 descend. For that reason, an excess of moisture 

 in the upper soil when the young plants are rooting 

 is really an injury to them. 



