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DRY FARMING 



The next year the field is changed to a sorghum crop. 

 After growing sorghum from one to three years the land 

 is fallowed and returned to wheat. Corn frequently re- 

 places sorghum in this rotation, or corn may be planted 



Fig. 99. Black Amber Sorghum in Kansas. 



This is one of the leading types of drought-resistant forage crops in 



the South. 



after the sorghum crop in place of the fallow. It is only 

 under the most favorable conditions that corn should be 

 used in this way. 



250. Kansas Dry Farm Crops. The best dry farming 

 crops in Kansas are of two distinct kinds. First, those 

 that are able to withstand extremely hot summer weather 

 and take advantage of moisture whenever rain may occur 

 and second, those that mature early enough in the spring 

 to escape the hot dry summer weather. 



The sorghums are the best example of the first class of 

 crops. They have the ability to withstand high temper- 



