intensive farming is practised by us to a degree of perfection
never dreamed of by the dwellers of your Earth.

Our winters, even in the Equatorial regions are severe, the
temperatures at times descending to as low as 80 degrees below
zero. However, our springs, summers, and autumns are mild and
nearly twice as long as your seasons, for the Martian year is 687
days long. We grow and mature many crops of necessary cereals,
fruits and vegetables during the spring and summer months, so
that want is never felt by our happy people.

Our method of irrigation is somewhat different from that
practised in the arid portions of your Earth. We do not, except
in a few instances, flood our lands as you do. Owing to the
fact that our atmosphere is much lighter than yours, the normal
air pressure being only about 8 pounds to the square inch as
against 15 pounds on your Earth, evaporation is very rapid, and
the dewfall, as a consequence of much moisture being in the air,
is very great.

This heavy humidity also tends to prevent radiation of heat, and
the temperature at night does not drop exceedingly low, although
frost is not uncommon even in summer. As our vegetation is
acclimated and adapted to our environment no damage is done to
growing crops by reason of these frosts.

The Martians experience no difficulty in living in a rarified
atmosphere. Neither have they abnormally developed lungs. God
has made ample provision for the comfort of His creatures
throughout all of His infinite creations, and we of Mars are not