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usually be seeded until the middle of April at least, on account of 
possible injury from late spring frosts. Wheat and rye should be 
seeded at the rate of about 30 to 35 pounds of seed per acre. Oats 
should be seeded at the rate of from 40 to 50 pounds; hulless bar¬ 
ley should be seeded at the rate of 50 to 60 pounds, and hulled 
barley at about 60 pounds for hay purposes. Emmer should be 
seeded at the rate of 60 to 70 pounds. Each of these crops should 
be seeded with a press drill to obtain best results. 
BROOM CORN 
Broom corn is very well adapted to the southeastern portions 
of the State and as far west as two tiers of counties from the 
eastern border. This crop should not be grown in preference to 
other sorghums for a forage crop, but in some localities broom 
corn is grown for a cash crop. In such localities, if the fodder is 
harvested, it will make a very useful and valuable feed. Except 
to be used in this way, it cannot be recommended because it is not 
so valuable as other adapted sorghums as an exclusive forage 
crop. Where it is grown for the brush, however, it is worth while 
to take particular pains to save the fodder, which can be dry cured 
or siloed as circumstances permit. 
WHEAT 
One of the great cash crops for dry farming is winter wheat. 
There is no variety so well adapted as some one of the various 
strains of Turkey Red. 
Preparation of the Soil .—Wheat in the rotation should follow 
corn or summer tillage. Where it follows summer tillage, the 
land should be plowed in June or July so as to give sufficient 
time for nature to compact the soil. Wheat does best on a seed 
bed that is loose at the surface and thoroly compacted below. 
Where wheat follows corn, especially if the corn has been planted 
in 7-foot rows, usually no preparation is necessary. The wheat is 
simply drilled in between the rows of corn or in the corn stubble 
where the corn has been cut away for silage or for fodder, as 
shown in illustration on cover page. 
Seeding .—Turkey Red winter wheat should be seeded with a 
press drill, preferably a disk press drill, at the rate of 30 to 35 
pounds of good seed per acre. Seeding should preferably be done 
by the middle of September, altho it may be done as late as the 
first of November in most seasons. Usually the early seeding has 
the advantage because it is in better shape to endure winter and 
gets an earlier start in the spring. 
Treatment of the Seed .—No wheat should be planted except 
after treatment with formaldehyde or bluestone. This is neces¬ 
sary to check and prevent smut. The loss from smut is becoming 
