dry farming

noun

1. dryland farming.

dry farming

noun

1. a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage

Derived Forms

• dry farmer, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry farming¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

These lands can be successfully farmed only by means of irrigation or by so-called dry farming methods.

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For, to our thinking, Jethro Tull bears the same relation to dry-farming that Mendel does to plant-breeding.

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As the natural range showed inroads of the new industry, dry-farming was introduced, the chief crops being forage for winter feed.

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Some dry farming is carried on in every section of each county.

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So I think we want all the acres put in cultivation by irrigation or dry farming.

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