DRY-FARMING 



green through periods of drought that 

 would entirely destroy a corn-field. 

 Sorghum does excellently on the "red- 

 land" formations of Oklahoma and 

 northwestern Texas. It has also been 

 grown with some success on the alkali 

 soils of California New Mexico, and 

 Arizona. 



Eifect on the Land. 



It is commonly said that Sorghum is 

 "hard on the land" and in a sense this is 

 true. But any crop which produces a 

 large amoimt of forage or grain tends to 

 exhaust the soil. Sorghum often affords 

 three cuttings a year in the Gulf States 

 and two in the semi-arid regions. It is 

 not surprising, then, that it is hard on the 

 land. On rich soils, however, good crops 

 have been secured for many successive 

 years without any marked decrease in 

 soil fertility. Ball writes on this subject 

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