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Broom Corn for Dry Regions 



BROOM corn is a variety of sorghum and 

 is most generally grown for the fine stems 

 which are used in the manufacture of brooms. 

 The Middle West is principally the place where it 

 is cultivated, but it will thrive wherever corn and 

 sorghum are successful, and is a better drought 

 resister than corn. The soil best adapted to it is 

 a well-drained, rich loam. 



Seed of broom corn is planted in drills about 

 the same time as corn, with the rows about three 

 and a half feet apart and the seeds six or eight 

 inches apart in the row. The richer the land the 

 more seed can be used. When it is planted in 

 hills six or eight seeds are put in each hill about 

 eighteen inches apart. 



As broom corn germinates slowly, frequent shal- 

 low cultivation is recommended to keep the weeds 

 down. It is generally harvested when the seed 

 is in the dough state, but there is quite a difference 

 of opinion on this point. A machine is necessary 

 to remove the seeds from the corn, and such a one 

 can be bought for about $200. In small quantities 

 the seed can be removed with a curry comb. A 

 fair average yield of broom corn would be between 

 four hundred and seven hundred pounds of the 

 threshed brush per acre. The average price will 

 approximate $75 a ton. Broom corn possesses 

 great commercial importance but little value as a 

 fodder. The Evergreen variety is generally con- 

 sidered the best. 



New Jersey. C. H. M. 



Planting Horse Radish for a Suc- 

 cession Crop 



HORSERADISH may be grown in any soil 

 except light sandy ones and heavy clays. 

 A deep loam, moderately rich, with plenty of humus 

 and moisture, produces the largest and best quality 

 roots. Dry soils produce small woody roots; wet 

 soils, small, strong-tasting roots. Drainage and 

 a fairly open subsoil are essential, as a hard sub- 

 soil makes the roots branch too much. Use little 

 nitrogenous manure. A good formula is potash, 

 10 per cent., phosphoric acid, 7 per cent., and 

 nitrogen, 4 per cent. Use five hundred to six 

 hundred pounds per acre, broadcasted and plowed 

 under deeply; fertilizer applied above and around 

 the roots induces branching. Thorough prepara- 

 tion of the soil is essential, and a weeder should 

 be used until the plants are an inch or so high. 



Any time in spring, plant cuttings from side 

 roots at least one-quarter of an inch thick and 

 four or five inches long. Unless you plant them 

 horizontally cut the top ends off square and the 

 lower ends oblique, so as to be sure to set them 

 top end up. Do not use root crowns except to 

 propagate more cuttings. 



On the prepared land lay off shallow furrows 

 from two to five inches deep (depending on the 

 manner of planting) and thirty inches apart. Plant 

 cuttings a foot apart at any angle, having the tops 

 point all in one direction. Cultivate until the leaves 

 shade the ground. 



Horseradish may well follow an early planted 

 crop like cabbage, turnips, beets, radish, etc. The 

 sets are put in with a dibble from two to four weeks 

 after the other crop, and placed eighteen inches 

 apart. Horseradish will take possession after the 

 first crop is removed, and as it makes most of its 



