Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 566 | It is not View more quotes about really">really dry but actually a season of less rain. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 563 | If it were somewhat north of the equator, this dry season would occur in the period of the northern hemisphere's winter. |
| 6 | 564 | The farmers about Schendi, as farmers in the equatorial regions generally, do their main planting at the beginning of the "dry season". |
| 6 | 565 | From the point of view of one accustomed to Gor's northern latitudes I am not altogether happy with the geographer's concept of a "dry season". |
| 6 | 566 | It is not really dry but actually a season of less rain. |
| 6 | 567 | During the rains of the rainy season seeds could be torn out of the ground and fields half washed away. |
| 6 | 568 | The equatorial farmer, incidentally, often moves his fields after two or three seasons as the soil, depleted of many minerals and nutriments by the centuries of terrible rains, is quickly exhausted by his croppage. |
| 6 | 569 | The soil of tropical areas, contrary to popular understanding, is not one of great agricultural fertility. |
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If it were somewhat north of the equator, this dry season would occur in the period of the northern hemisphere's winter.
The farmers about Schendi, as farmers in the equatorial regions generally, do their main planting at the beginning of the "dry season".
From the point of view of one accustomed to Gor's northern latitudes I am not altogether happy with the geographer's concept of a "dry season".
It is not really dry but actually a season of less rain.
During the rains of the rainy season seeds could be torn out of the ground and fields half washed away.
The equatorial farmer, incidentally, often moves his fields after two or three seasons as the soil, depleted of many minerals and nutriments by the centuries of terrible rains, is quickly exhausted by his croppage.
The soil of tropical areas, contrary to popular understanding, is not one of great agricultural fertility.
- (Explorers of Gor)