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age crops, and one that can be most cheaply 

 raised. Seed costs little, cultivation may be 

 done; on an extensive scale, and shallow cultiva- 

 tion is all that is necessary. The land may be 

 plowed and cultivated more shallow 'for corn 

 than for any other crop. Under dry farming, 

 with proper tools, one man can plant and tend 

 160 acres of corn, or of sorghum. He must have 

 plenty of horses, gang listers, large harrows, and 

 gang weeders. 



VARIETIES There are many kinds and varieties of corn, 



WEST but they are all classified under about four heads. 



There are flour corns, usually grown in the 

 South ; Dent corns large and small, Flint corns 

 suitable to the North, and sweet corns. The best 

 varieties for the most of the West are those short 

 season types represented by the Flint corns and 

 the small Dents. Sweet corn is one of the most 

 valuable sorts to grow for forage. It will pro- 

 duce almost or quite as much forage per acre as 

 the common kinds. The best varieties for this 

 purpose are the large growing late sorts, like 

 Evergreen or Stowell's Evergreen. 



Of the common corns those that will stand 

 the most drouth, the shortest season, and coolest 

 nights are the Australian Elint corns, the W^'te 

 Cap Dent corns, Cool Night corn and M. <n 

 corn. Corn is one of the easiest plants to adapt 

 to variations of soil and climate. 



