Simon's cat is evil and likes to knock his alarm clock off the night stand every morning. Simon's cat must apply a to the alarm clock in order to push it. What word completes the sentence?

Farmer a has a deep well and needs a lot of water for her animals and crops. her neighbor, farmer b, has a shallower well. he needs less water than farmer a because his farm is smaller. in years of drought, sometimes farmer b can't get any water from his wells. what can farmer b do to decrease the likelihood of his well running dry?