ExpijRiMENTAL Work in Dry-F'arming 



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vated four times. See Table XCIX. The August planting of Hog 

 millet was destroyed by grasshoppers. 



The 1915 planting of millet failed. Neither German nor Kursk 

 millet came up because of drought, and the plot of Hog millet was 

 destroyed by birds. 



Ribbon Cane: Three plots of Ribbon cane were planted in 

 May, 1915. The results, recorded in Table C, are encouraging, and 

 it is not unlikely that Ribbon cane may become an important forage 

 crop for Southern Arizona dry-farmers. 



tabi^e; c. test of ribbon cane, sulphur spring vaIvIvEy dry-Farm 



1915 



1 — Calculated from green weight. 



Peas: Two plots of Canada field peas were planted in 1914 

 The first one, planted July 18, failed because of warm weather and 

 grasshoppers. See Table CI. A light stand was secured in the 

 plot planted in August, very little growth occurring during warm 

 weather. With the cooler weather of fall, rapid growth took place, 

 the vines reaching a height of about four feet by the middle of De- 

 cember, and a yield of 1000 pounds of hay was obtained. 



In 1915 both Canada field and Colorado stock peas were 

 planted with somewhat negative results. The summer season in 

 Sulphur Spring Valley is too warm for satisfactory growth of field 



1 — Failed. 2 — Destroyed by rabbits. 



