VABIETIES 

 FOB TEE 

 WEST 



154 AEID AGEICDLTUEE. 



age crops, and one that can be most cheaply- 

 raised. Seed costs little, cultivation, may be 

 done on an extensive scale, and shallow cultiva- 

 tion is all that is necessary. The land may be 

 plowed and cultivated more shallow for corn 

 than for any other crop. Under dry farming, 

 with proper tools, one man can plant and tend 

 160 acres of corn, or of sorghum. He must have 

 plenty of horses, gang listers, large harrows, and 

 gang weeders. 



There are many kinds and varieties of corn, 

 but they are all classified under about four heads. 

 There are flour corns, visually grown in the 

 South ; Dent corns large and small, Flint corns 

 suitable to the ISTorth, and sweet corns. The best 

 varieties for the most of the West are those short 

 season types represented by the Flint corns and 

 the ^all Dents. Sweet com is one of the most 

 valuable sorts to grow for forage. It will pro- 

 duce almost or quite as much forage per acre as 

 the common kinds. The best varieties for this 

 purpose are the large growing late sorts, like 

 Evergreen or Stowell's Evergreen. 



Of the common corns those that will stand 

 the most drouth, the shortest season, and coolest 

 nights are the Australian Flint corns, the White 

 Cap Dent corns, Cool Night corn and Mexican 

 corn. Corn is one of the easiest plants to adapt 

 to variations of soil and climate. 



