GROWING CULTIVATED CROPS IN DRY AREAS 275 



color and very dwarfish in its habits of growth. It is 

 peculiarly well adapted to dry areas. The Gehu is some- 

 what larger and is also a white dent. The Golden dent 

 is still larger than the Gehu. All these varieties mature 

 in less than 90 days under average conditions of growth. 

 They are too dwarfish, however, in their habits o/ 

 grcnvth to render them valuable for the production of 

 fodder. They also produce ears so near the ground that 

 they cannot be harvested satisfactorily with the aid of 

 the .corn binder. In those areas the best varieties for 

 fodder mainly, will include the Mercer flint, the Triumph, 

 also a flint corn, and the Northwestern dent. The last 

 named produces grain with a reddish tint. It is more 

 grown for fodder at the present time than any variety 

 grown in the northwestern states. These varieties will 

 mature inside of 100 days and they will produce from 2 

 to 3 tons per acre of cured fodder. 



In the central states of the dry belt such varieties 

 as the Minnesota No. 13 and Stowell's Evergreen sweet 

 will give results that should prove satisfactory, when 

 these are properly grown. The former should be grown 

 primarily for the grain, and the latter for the fodder. 

 Both varieties will mature in about 100 days. Other varie- 

 ties will also give good results, as for instance, the Pride 

 of the North. But the best varieties are yet to be evolved. 



In southern areas of the dry belt larger varieties 

 and of slower maturity may be grown, but in the semi- 

 arid areas of the south it will doubtless be found that 

 some of the non-saccharine sorghums will better meet 

 the needs of the farmer than corn because of their great- 

 er ability to grow under dry conditions. These include 

 Kafir corn and Milo maize (see p. 285). 



When corn is grown primarily for fodder in dry 

 areas, a variety should be preferred that will furnish a 

 fair amount of fodder, that is leafy in its habit of growth, 

 that will mature in the interval between the last killing 



