该做法也被其他地方效仿。尽管农民能用的水比以前要少很多，但这种做法使他们度过了这个很长的干旱期，使它们的农作物产量不会减少。
The practice caught on elsewhere, helping the farmers of the basin to get through the recent long drought using far less water than before yet with no reduction in output.
例如始于1560年的100年冷期，造成了农作物生长期的短缩。
For instance, a 100-year cold period beginning in 1560 caused shortened crop-growing seasons.
历史记录证实，这一时期对这一地区的北欧定居者来说是相当艰难的时期，最显著的是灾难性的农作物歉收。
Writings confirm that this period was a difficult one for Norse settlements in the area, marked by devastating crop failures.
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