Show HOLDING MOISTURE IN SOILS thorough soil boll mulch of two to tareo inches should 13 ba j employed to prevent evaporation once malting it a reservoir tor for gath cring tile tho rainfall quickly and thoroughly by deep tillage the dry farmer must plan how best to conserve this moisture and how flow to most economically no use it first should bo be considered the prevention of the evaporation of soil eoll moisture this means a thorough soil mulch of two trio or three inches through the growing of jf cultivated forage crops to tile the greatest possible extent or tho the proper handling of summer tilled land A BUin dently deop deep soil boll mulch to protect tho the soil sell moisture luring pert peri odd of severe drought not be made on shallow tilled land cultivated crops must hold farat place on tho the drier lands because of the fact that their growing permits tho the saving caving of moisture to the soil very little crops should be grown oo oc these lands that do not permit of ant antor r tillage |