Show CHOPS chow VITI WITHOUT RAIN nain how the syrian PeE amt makes use dee of the moist subsoil I 1 in fit sara and front from tho the beginning 0 f april until october thora Is 13 practically no I 1 rain yot yet in III july the fields bya with a vigorous ut of tomatoes cai cucumbers cuin bers etc i all flourishing without writ although at that birno no 0 o ruin rain has fallen for many weeks in III fact the I 1 hhrlan PC peasant as alit from flin the moment his see A lias has been acon sown brnya that no rain may fall during the period or of growth or of a ceol aroi the suf frice of ilia soil to a depth of oc six or Is perfectly dry ani loose lie 10 low athla layer will tio be fauna inoyo so coilin soli ilIn in which tho the roots extend and grow vigorously in thin moist subsoil euli soll plants continue to grow until into info autumn tile crop Is ro re moved in fit tho autumn tho the rains coni coin morice and the alio land Is ia plowed after each catch heavy rain its as soon eoon as tho the son soil begins to dry two primary objects are kept in view in plowing plo wingo 11 fo furnish a 1 I favorable stir surface faco tor for tithing taking up all the and to prevent its upward evaporation from tile subsoil tho great point is to keep tho the upper tipper six inches of soil perfectly loosa anti friable sc BC that tho moisture moi aturo from below la Is not drawn til upward ward ind and joyt jost in evaporation but does not ascend higher than tile the compact subsoil that Is not broken up by tho the plow for tills this reason tile the plowing hicls Is sli shallow allow averaging front from four to six inches inclima in fit depth when tile time for sowing tho eced nir rives tho land Is plowed to a depth of about six inches ind and tile tho seed is sown from an arrangement alt attached ached tn tile plow falls oil the dam damp 1 subsoil and Is 19 covered by the soil clo closing ang over behind tile fi froan otti this ahne tile lipper erratum of loose soil ir events tile the ot of up au P vard beyond the iho wot wet subsoil on which iho boods rol rest arid and into which their auta after tho the process of oc germination it |