190 DRY LAND FARMING 



ing is essential. The same is true of that system which 

 drops such seeds as corn and potatoes in the open fur- 

 row while sod is being broken. Certain other crops 

 must be grown in drills rather than hills from their 

 nature and habits of growth. Such are rape and millet. 

 But these come under the head of crops sown rather 

 than planted. Many of the crops planted in dry areas 

 will be grown in hills rather than in drills. 



Planting on the broadcast plan will virtually have 

 no place in the dry area, nor has it much of a place any- 

 where. But sowing thus may sometimes be given a place 

 in dry areas with certain crops that are usually sown in 

 rows. It is easily possible to obtain a fair crop of ruta- 

 bagas, for instance, when the seed is broadcasted on new- 

 ly plowed breaking. The same is true of field beans. 

 These are crude methods, but they may help out the 

 settler who is just beginning work on his homestead. 



