| Show I 1 LD A hiiter in tt e d inter nun her of the los ange bs times tries to cor act a m sunder standing on the pirt of list era people 14 to the desert regions of the united states or at least that t on which is terrace desert he bear in mind thit the word desert is of en a misnomer it is strange thit people i laiming to be intal gent and 1 iding the world in farming ever tal bate EU h a word aid all the idea of sterility to ed to linds even after it ana foun 1 f le as appl ppl cd to the prunes of ki sis and na brabha it wis still supposed true in those states the wig hatti it took airs to learn what s la chemistry he of ign culture have t night that the s t of cfall m de the soil richer it is only 10 the lind havice rainfall a to leach out the nitrogen potash and dhosi hor acid that reil sten lit is to nd where the rainfall is too licht for vegetation soil may have no excess of fei tilzer as in the case of some alki liei where the drainage is intern apted an the elc ss cannot be carried off and if may bo too loirro is at the bise of so no h but wherever it conti ns enoich alne material to miko it hold a gaure wol enough to any ext es of potash or foda there u such thug is steril t in the land here the sunshine is so incessant is 0 o mike tho bare di plains thit ua under the name of desert and there 13 no stake than to suppose a special feature of it take aai awi the r 11 from the pra of the wester i states and in a few beirs the wind n 1 be dr ft a the soil while its color i hange |
