GROWING CULTIVATED CROPS IN DRY AREAS 303 



quality, but perhaps not the largest quantity, of ruta- 

 bagas, turnips and kohlrabi will be obtained from seed 

 sown as late as May in northern areas. 



In small areas the hand planter may be used in sow- 

 ing any of these. In large areas the planter used in sow- 

 ing sugar beets will best answer the purpose. But, with 

 careful driving, the grain drill, or at least some grain 

 drills, will sow any of these. When sowing carrots. 



DRY LAND CARROTS, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



mangels or sugar beets, it may be necessary to mix the 

 seed with some substance, as dry earth, to prevent the 

 same from feeding too fast. When the drill has a grass 

 seed attachment that carries the seed into the drill tubes, 

 the seed of rutabagas, turnips and kohlrabi may be dis- 

 tributed from this attachment. The openings into the 

 grain tubes not in use must all be covered. These crops 

 should not be sown in raised drills in the absence of irri- 



