Dry farming in western Canada Dry farming in western Canada dryfarminginwes00brac Year: 1921 306 DRY FARMING The next year the field is changed to a sorghum crop. After growing sorghum from one to three years the land is fallowed and returned to wheat. Corn frequently re- places sorghum in this rotation, or corn may be planted Fig. 99.—Black Amber Sorghum in Kansas. This is one of the leading typos of drought-resistant forage crops in the South. after the sorghum crop in place of the fallow. It is only under the most favorable conditions that corn should be used in this way. 250. Kansas Dr
Dry farming in western Canada Dry farming in western Canada dryfarminginwes00brac Year: 1921 306 DRY FARMING The next year the field is changed to a sorghum crop. After growing sorghum from one to three years the land is fallowed and returned to wheat. Corn frequently re- places sorghum in this rotation, or corn may be planted Fig. 99.—Black Amber Sorghum in Kansas. This is one of the leading typos of drought-resistant forage crops in the South. after the sorghum crop in place of the fallow. It is only under the most favorable conditions that corn should be used in this way. 250. Kansas Dry Farm Crops.—The best dry farming crops in Kansas arc of two distincl kinds. First, those that are able to withstand extremely hot summer weather and take advantage of moisture whenever rain may occur and second, those thai mature early enough in the spring to escape the hot dry summer weather. The sorghums are the best example of the first class of crops. They have the ability to withstand high temper-
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