where there i:s but Httle rain at the time of harvest. Harvest 

 occurs about the same time as with other kinds of sorghum; 

 that is, in August and September. In tiie southeastern 

 part of the United States the weather is more apt to be dry 

 in September and October than in August ; hence it is well 

 to postpone the date of planting late enough into 3ilay or 

 Jmre to bring the harvesting season in September, rather 

 than earlier. 



Rain ju.st before or at harvest time is likeh' to cause plant- 

 lice to attack the plants and to discolor the brush, which. 

 in order tij command the highest price, should be of a green 

 color. 



Any land on which a good yield of corn is ordinarih' 

 made is suitable for broom-corn. 



The same fertilization as for corn, or for sorghum grown 

 for sirup, is ad\-isaljle. The soil should be fertile enough 

 and the fertilizer rich enough in niti'ogen to insure a tall and 

 rapid growth, which is favorable to length of Ijrush. 



226. Culture. — If seed is to lie saved, broom-corn .-hould 

 Ije planted in a field remote from any other kind of sorghum, 

 as all kinds of sorghum readih- Iwbridize, or mix. For this 

 and for other reasons, one should plant seed only from se- 

 lected plants, grmvn in a seed patcli where no mixing could 

 have occurred and from which all poor heads were removed 

 before the pollen was ready to be shed. 



Planting in Oklahoma is done chiefly in ]\Iay. Broom- 

 corn maybe planted earlier in the southern portion of the 

 cotton-belt ; but here it is probaljh' well to delaj- planting 

 late into ^May or even later, so as to bring the harvest season 

 in September when there is a greater probabihty of dry 

 weather than there is in August. 



