The Dixon Land Imprinter: Combating the Effects Of Desertification

By Dr. Robert M. Dixon
Published on March 1, 1986
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1. DESERTIFICATION
1. DESERTIFICATION
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2. INFILTRATION
2. INFILTRATION
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The depressions created by the Dixon land imprinter funnel rainwater and compost-forming organic litter down to waiting seeds and shelter the emerging seedlings from harsh winds.
The depressions created by the Dixon land imprinter funnel rainwater and compost-forming organic litter down to waiting seeds and shelter the emerging seedlings from harsh winds.
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HYDROLOGIC AND BIOTIC FUNCTIONS OF FUNNEL-SHAPED IMPRINTS.
HYDROLOGIC AND BIOTIC FUNCTIONS OF FUNNEL-SHAPED IMPRINTS.
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FIGURE 1: HILLSIDE OPERATION OF THE HAND IMPRINTER.
FIGURE 1: HILLSIDE OPERATION OF THE HAND IMPRINTER.
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3. IMPRINTATION
3. IMPRINTATION
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4. REVEGETATION
4. REVEGETATION
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FIGURE 2: NOMENCLATURE OF THE DIXON HAND IMPRINTER.
FIGURE 2: NOMENCLATURE OF THE DIXON HAND IMPRINTER.

After a dozen decades of overgrazing and overcropping,
our western agricultural lands — both public and private — are
in real trouble. But help may be on the way in the form of the Dixon Land Imprinter.

For a good many months, the media have kept us painfully
abreast of the starvation, death, and general misery being

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