816 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



let them harvest rape and corn together, load them and take them with 

 you to the International and sell them tor Christmas mutton. If there 

 was a premium on the b^'st car load of lambs you would stand a good 

 show of capturing it. 



I repeat that I believe there would be a large profit in this for the 

 farmer of eastern South Dakota. 



SOWING RAPE IN CORN. 



M. F. MILLEK OF IMVERSITY OF MISSOURI IN BREEDERS GAZETTE. 



Rape may be sown in the corn just before the last cultivation with 

 good results if the soil and season are favorable. If there is plenty of 

 moisture during the latter part of summer, if the soil is a good corn 

 soil, and if .the corn is not too rank, a large amount of forage may be 

 secured. Rape is a plant that is considerably affected l)y the fertility of 

 the soil and if a soil is thin the plants do not make a satisfactory 

 growth especially when sown in the corn. If the soil brings fair corn, 

 however, it will be sufficiently rich for the rape to make a good growth 

 and an abundance of forage for the fall months. If the season is dry 

 little growth from the rape may be expected, although even then it will 

 suffice to keep down weeds and give some return for the seed and sowing. 



Rape is usually sown in this way at the rate of about three pounds of 

 seed per acre. It is most easily sown horseback, scattering broadcast 

 by hand. It may, however, be sown with the ordinary broadcast hand 

 grass seeder. The cultivation which follows should not be too deep, as 

 the seed does not require deep covering if the ground is moist. The 

 cultivation which should be usually given corn in laying-by should be 

 shallow and would be well suited to covering the rape seed. The sow- 

 ing may also be done with a one-horse drill, .sowing at the rate of two 

 pounds per acre. The diffiiculty with the method is in getting a drill 

 that will put on the required amount. 



Rape makes excellent forage for hogs and sheep especially, when 

 sown in this way. and where oats follow corn in the rotation it is a most 

 valuable crop. 



HOW TO GROW SORGHUM. 



WALLACES 



We are having a great many letters as to how to grow sorghum to 

 the best advantage. We have stated this in language as plain as we know 

 how many times in the past two or three years; and will beg the pardon 

 of our older readers for saying it once more. 



First: Take good, rich, well drained land, say land that was in corn 

 last year. Cut off your corn stalks and di.sk as soon as the frost is 

 well out of the ground. Disk again, disk every week or two until about 



