. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 236 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION corn, as its name indicates, does not grow so tall, usually only from 3| to 6 feet, and the brush varies in length from 12 to 22 inches. Brush from the standard varieties is used in the making of large house or stable brooms, while that from the dwarf varie- ties is used for the making of whisk brooms and other small brooms and brushes. 237. Adaptation and importance. — Broomcom may be grown on any soil that will produce a good crop of corn. Extremely fer
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 236 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION corn, as its name indicates, does not grow so tall, usually only from 3| to 6 feet, and the brush varies in length from 12 to 22 inches. Brush from the standard varieties is used in the making of large house or stable brooms, while that from the dwarf varie- ties is used for the making of whisk brooms and other small brooms and brushes. 237. Adaptation and importance. — Broomcom may be grown on any soil that will produce a good crop of corn. Extremely fertile soils,- however, produce a coarse brush not de- sirable for the best brooms. Light, sandy soils are well adapted to growing the dwarf varieties. The cli- matic adaptations of broomcom are similar to those of the other sorghums, but localities in which frequent rains occur at the time of harvest are not well adapted to this crop, because rain at this time injures the quality of the brush. Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, and Texas are the states. Fig. 83. — Dwarf and standard Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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