Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/451/en

With this kind of irrigation art, the concern was not primarily with saturating the subsoil, but with the swiftly pearling movement of the water — usually poor in minerals and above all in nitrogen — through the turf. One may surmise that the water here fulfils a manuring effect. Through the uptake of oxygen by the moving, trickling water — oxygen as the bearer of life — the water appears to enliven the growth of grasses and herbs in such a way that on these mostly mineral-poor soils, peak yields were achieved, both in quality and in quantity.