DRY-LAND CROPS 



better be classed with oats and barley 

 since they are cultivated in the United 

 States for stock food only. As a mix- 

 ture with other grains, such as corn, oats, 

 and barley, they are highly prized. 



Sorghum. 



Sorghum is supposed to have origi- 

 nated in equatorial Africa. At the 

 present time it is more or less extensively 

 cultivated in all tropical and temperate 

 regions of the globe, and forms an im- 

 portant part of the food supply of the 

 human race as well as of domestic ani- 

 mals. It is not too much to say that the 

 sorghums surpass all other crops in with- 

 standing long periods of drought and 

 hot winds. This fact alone has done 

 much to make them the leading crops in 

 the drier regions of the United States. 

 Sorghum is far superior to corn (maize) 

 in this respect and will remain fresh and 



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