单词 | dry farming |
释义 | > as lemmasdry farming dry farming n. chiefly North American farming without a good supply of water. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > types of farming high culture1771 scientific farming1789 metaying1792 high farming1815 petite culture1848 sharefarming1857 urban agriculture1860 bush-farming1866 mixed farming1872 dry farming1878 co-aration1883 co-ploughing1883 smallholding1889 power-farming1913 dry-land farming1914 third(s)-and-fourth(s)1940 link system1950 green revolution1968 1878 J. W. Powell Rep. Lands Arid Region 78 A company of Danes..have obtained a meagre subsistence by dry farming. 1906 Nature 26 July 304/2 The scientific aspect of what has been designated in the United States as ‘dry-farming’ consists in utilising to the best advantage all the water that falls in semi-arid regions. 1908 Sci. Amer. 22 Aug. 120 ‘Dry farming’ consists in so preparing the soil in semi-arid regions that it will catch what little annual rainfall there is, and store it within reach of the roots of the plants to be grown. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiii. 113 An Experimental Farm was started to carry out investigations with regard to cereals under dry-farming conditions. 1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 165/2 Dry farming implies a specialized technological treatment of land to overcome the short supply of water. < as lemmas |
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