CHAPTER V. 



BESISTAITT 

 CBOFS 



Crop Management. 



After Btoxing water in the soil or depositing^ money 

 in the bank, we must draw on it in a practical way. 



Some of the most resistant crops to drouth 

 are macaroni wheat, kafir corn, sorghum, millet 

 corn, potatoes, alfalfa, brome grass, wheat grass, 

 spelt, beans, winter rye, sainfoin, peas, vetches 

 and Jerusalem artichokes. Ctops may be resist- 

 ant to other things of importance as well as 

 drouth resistant. In parts of the arid region 

 there are streaks where hail storms are more or 

 less frequent. Some plants will withstand the 

 effects of hail much better than others. A heav- 

 ily bearded grain like Macaroni or Durum wheat 

 or Turkey Red wheat will not be so badly in- 

 jured by light hail storms as will other kinds of 

 grain. Flax is a good hail-resistant crop and 

 sugar beets will recover after severe hail storms 

 have practically pounded them into the ground. 



Farmers are also coming to appreciate more 

 and more disease resistant crops. It seems im- 

 portant that we should produce potatoes resistant 

 to root rot and blight. Some varieties seem more 

 resistant to these diseases than others but the 

 matter has not been fully enough worked out to 

 make definite recommendations. We are work- 

 ing on the leaf-spot disease of alfalfa with hopes 



