Show BEST SOILS FOR DRY FARMS I 1 slits and sandy loams coams do not blow i readily and they absorb and re tain moisture well uy ALVIN colorado Agri agrical cul tural college fort collins Col llna colo the iho boat best soil sell for farming are silts and sandy learns as they do not readily blow they absorb rainfall readily and retain it well they do not bake and crack easily heavier soils such as tho the clays and adobes acobes are more difficult to work and require more effort to prepare and keep them in shape chape for the retention and reception of moisture no ao matter what tho the texture the soil m must bo be deep and uniform A soil consisting of a sandy jonm or silt surface over a permeable clay subsoil Is 11 good but a layer of sand gravel magnesia gypsum hardpan or porous rock in the subsoil closer than six feet to the tha surface practically makes the held field unlit unfit for this purpose onu toot loot depth of soil will rarely storo store more than one ona and one half or two inches inched of rainfall or water six teat feet of soil will not store over twelve inches of rainfall A soil which will not store a considerable sid erable number of inches of I 1 rainfall will not stand long dry spells and these are expected to occur in regions |