droughts
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The prickly pear, an extremely arid plant, affording both food and drink to herds during drouths, had turned white, blistered by the torrid sun until it had fallen down, lifeless.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
During the residence of the old ranchero at Las Palomas, the Nueces valley had suffered several severe drouths as disastrous in their effects as a pestilence.
From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy
"I have not given these precautions for sowing seed in September for wintering over, for the reason that at that season of the year we are comparatively free from insects and drouths."
From The Cauliflower by Crozier, A. A. (Arthur Alger)
Last year we had one of the worst drouths which has occurred since the settlement of the country.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
Providence has generally been charged with causing drouths, but under the above definition, man is usually the cause.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas
