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Reclamation of Ancient Agricultural Soils in Wahidi, South Arabia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. B. Hearn ,
D. A. Rijks  and
D. E. Wilcox
A. B. Hearn
Affiliation:
Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Eccleston Street, London
D. A. Rijks
Affiliation:
Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, Eccleston Street, London
D. E. Wilcox
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Federation of South Arabia
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Summary

Where ancient agricultural sites are brought back into cultivation, using new forms of irrigation, cotton often grows badly in the first few seasons. A theory is developed to account for these failures, and it is shown that heavy irrigations before planting not only produce better crops but may also economise in water.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1966 , pp. 279 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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REFERENCE

Bowen, R. Le B. Jr (1958). In Bowen, R. Le B. Jr & Allbright, F. P., Archeological Discoveries in South Arabia. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press.Google Scholar