DRY-LAND CROPS 



erect heads and consequently may be har- 

 vested with grain-headers. The im- 

 proved milo crop is adapted to rapid and 

 economical handling on a large scale by 

 machinery. Milo needs a soil very much 

 like that required for corn. Four pounds 

 of seed to the acre have given the best 

 results in the Texas Panhandle, and the 

 yield varies from 25 to 55 bushels per 

 acre. Milo is mainly used as a feeding 

 grain on the dry- farms of the West ; but 

 except for poultry the grain should be 

 cracked or ground before feeding. Milo 

 is now widely grown in western Texas, 

 New Mexico, California, Oklahoma, and 

 Kansas, and is proving of great value as 

 a dry-land grain crop. It seems well 

 worthy of trial in the whole Great Basin 

 region. Lastly, the group of Kowliangs 

 or Chinese grain sorghums are the most 

 promising early strains yet discovered. 

 The best variety matured in the Pan- 

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