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7. Rye. Winter rye or early varieties of spring rye are sown, 
for hay and for grain crops as well. Choose a market type of rye 
and seed a small acreage at first. 
II. EORAGE CROPS. 
1. Cane or Sorghum. This is grown for feed to supplement 
the range in winter. Grow early maturing types. Drilled sorghum 
is a more certain crop than when sown broadcast. 
2. Proso. This is a drouth resistant millet, imported within 
recent years by the U. S. Cerealist, Prof. M. A. Carleton, from the 
driest regions of Europe. This crop grows a wealth of seed in a 
close panicled head, while it affords considerable forage in its broad 
leaved foliage. It is a spring crop, but should not be seeded until all 
danger of frost is passed. There are several varieties but the white 
proso furnishes the most foliage and fully as much grain as any 
other type of proso. 
3. Millet. Mr. J. E. Payne in Bulletin No. 77 of this station, 
reports this as a widely grown crop with a yield varying from one 
quarter to one half a ton, according to season and locality. The 
German millet has proven one of the more desirable types to grow 
on account of its yield of grain. 
4. Alfalfa. This crop is being tested in many parts of our 
semi-arid land. Results differ with methods of seeding, soil and 
the seasons. Experiments already conducted are not convincing. 
This is our most important perennial forage crop and the writer 
would ask that the following suggestions, given in Bulletin No. 90, 
by Mr. J. E. Payne, be noted by all who contemplate seeding alfalfa 
on non-irrigated land: “The important factor in getting a stand 
of alfalfa is* getting a good seed bed for it. My experience has 
taught me to plow the ground early in the season five to eight inches 
deep, harrow until it is thoroughly packed and then wait until the 
ground is thoroughly wet before planting the seed. If this occurs 
before the middle of July go on the ground with a light drag har¬ 
row as soon after the rain as the surface appears to be dry and break 
the crust thoroughly.” Then sow the seed with a press drill and 
follow with the harrow. A good stand has been obtained every time 
I have followed this rule. “Some have been successful with the 
hoe drill and some have used the press drill. One man seeded his 
alfalfa with a lister, taking off the shares and running the seed in 
behind the subsoiler part of the machine. The time to sow alfalfa 
may be any time when the ground is in good condition, between the 
1st of May and the 1st of July. Having a stand of alfalfa, the 
next question is how shall it be maintained against its enemies, the 
drought and the grasshoppers? It has been demonstrated in west- 
