80 HOW TO PLANT. 



INDIAN CORN. 



If wanted for forage, cut it when the silk and tassel 

 appear. Shock it upright in the field, spread it it out 

 at the bottom, giving it a broad base so as to prevent it 

 from being blown over, and let it stand until thoroughly 

 cured. This is very nutritious rough food for stock. 

 The sugar varieties are considered richest. 



DHOURRA CORN. 



This is also known as Chicken Corn. When it is planted 

 for forage, it should be drilled thickly in the row ; make 

 the rows three feet apart, cultivate it, cut it as soon as the 

 heads appear, and cure the same as forage corn. It is the 

 latest maturing of all the dhourras, except it be the Millo 

 Maize. When planted thinly, say four by two feet, and 

 cultivated the same as Indian corn, it produces consider- 

 able grain, which is much used in some countries as a 

 food for man, domestic animals and fowls. 



IVORY WHEAT OB EGYPTIAN RICE CORN. 



This may be treated in the same manner as the Dhourra 

 corn. It is the earliest of all the dhourras, and produces 

 an abundant yield of ivory-like grains, shaped similar to 

 wheat, only not so long. After the first heads are ripe 

 and cut, it continues to shoot out heads from each joint 

 along the cane, until checked by frost. 



THE ROTATION OF CROPS. 



A great deal may be said upon the subject of the rota- 

 tion of crops, as it is one of considerable importance to 

 the planter who desires to keep his lands always in a 

 productive state. It is, however, not necessary to make 

 any very extended remarks here a few brief hints or 



