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it fine and clean until the time for planting the seed. 

 When sod land is plowed in the spring, the aim should 

 be to make a loose seed bed without bringing up sods 

 The roller, disc and harrow, judiciously used, will make 

 such a seed bed. Good crops of these sorghums have 

 been grown by turning the sod over carefully, rolling it 

 down smoothly and then drilling in the seed, as is some- 

 times done with the flax crop. 



DRY LAND SWEET SORGHUM, ROSEBUD COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



Sowing. The Early Amber, sometimes called the 

 Minnesota Amber, is the best variety of sorghum to 

 grow in northern areas. The Early Orange does better 

 farther south, but it is later in maturing and not quite 

 so hardy. The Coleman also ranks high among the 

 sweet sorghums. There are two types of maize, the 

 yellow and the white. The yellow varieties, of which 



