dry-farm

[ drahy-fahrm ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to engage in dryland farming.

verb (used with object)
  1. to grow (a specified crop) by means of dryland farming.

Origin of dry-farm

1
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Other words from dry-farm

  • dry farmer, noun

Words Nearby dry-farm

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How to use dry-farm in a sentence

  • An agricultural authority said that the net profit of a dry farm, that is a farm without any paddy, was almost negligible.

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
  • It was a cinch you couldn't turn loose and dry-farm that land and have even a fair chance of reaping a harvest.

  • I've been keeping cases pretty close on this dry-farm craze, and this stampede for claims.

  • They say that folks can dry-farm the benches up toward the mountains—they can't, and I don't like to see nobody try it.

    The Man Next Door | Emerson Hough