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Show Secrets of Arid Farming. Get the water Into the soil. Keep It there until needed by plants. Plow deep; that lets tho water down beyond the reach of the sunshine. Plow In the fall; that enables the rains and melting snow n of fall, winter win-ter and spring to soak Into the soil. Crop tho land every other eai ; that makes it nosslblo to store the water of two season In the soil: the soli Is then a water reservoir Keep the top soil well stirred dining the fallow year; that prevents tho water from being drawn to the surface sur-face to be evaporated. Grow fall sown crops as far as possible; pos-sible; that enables the plants to make use of tne valuable early spring moisture. mois-ture. Use varieties that get along with little water. Use only deep soils for aiid farming. Do all this and be glad; the crop Is sure. Dcscrct Farmer. |