NWISRL PublicationsPotential for Reducing Evaporation During Summer FallowT.W.MasseeauthorJ.W.CaryauthorINITIAL attempts by farmers to settle the dryland areas of the United States failed when they tried farming methods used in more humid areas. A stable agriculture developed only after summer fallowing was introduced. Even with modern tillage methods, no more than 30 percent of all precipitation is stored in most dryland soils during an entire fallow period—from fall, at harvest, through the summer fallow year, to the spring of the crop year. Evaporation accounts for most of the precipitation lost. Methods to suppress evaporation are thus needed.Mass Import - unclassified1978Article

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