Sorghums : sure money crops . e remembered that dry-farming is a topic ofworld-wide concern and farmers of the Great Plains arenot alone in the evolution of farming methods adaptedto light rainfall. Dry-farming is a world problem, aswill be realized when it is understood that six-tenths ofthe worlds surface has an annual rainfall of 20 inchesor less. Many times herein will reference be made todry-farming practices, but in such way as will enable thereader to distinguish them from common farm culturalmethods. Suffice it now to say that the sorghum beltfarmer must give heed to dry-farming ideas
Sorghums : sure money crops . e remembered that dry-farming is a topic ofworld-wide concern and farmers of the Great Plains arenot alone in the evolution of farming methods adaptedto light rainfall. Dry-farming is a world problem, aswill be realized when it is understood that six-tenths ofthe worlds surface has an annual rainfall of 20 inchesor less. Many times herein will reference be made todry-farming practices, but in such way as will enable thereader to distinguish them from common farm culturalmethods. Suffice it now to say that the sorghum beltfarmer must give heed to dry-farming ideas and by exer-cising care in their execution can greatly increase both 10 sorghums: sure money crops surety and profitableness of those crops best adapted tohis conditions. Farmer Held Responsible for Drouths. Drouthmay be defined as a condition under which crops fail tomature because of an insufficient supply of water, saysWidstoe. Providence has generally been charged withcausing drouths, but under the above definition man is. Upland Milo Field, 1911, at Dodge City Branch Experiment Native Vegetation in Foreground. usually the cause. Occasionally, relatively dry yearsoccur, but they are seldom dry enough to cause crop fail-ures if proper methods of farming have been are four chief causes of drouth: (1) Improper orcareless preparation of the soil; (2) failure to store thenatural precipitation in the soil; (3) failure to applyproper cultural methods for keeping the moisture in thesoil until needed by plants, and (4) sowing too much seedfor the available moisture. Widstoe says further: **Afairly accurate knowledge of the climatic conditions ofthe district, a good understanding of the principles ofagriculture without irrigation under a low rainfall, and THE LAND OF GRAIN SORGHUMS 11 a vigorous application of these principles as adapted tothe local climatic conditions will make dry-farm failuresa rarity. *A11 evidence at hand shows that a large portio
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