Show GOOD DRY FARM CROP broom corn Beco becoming minU popular in semiarid districts being one of Sorghum sIs naturally drought Real resistant stant especially in dwarf varieties planting often done with lister the largest proportion 0 of the broom broown corn crop which enters into the inter state trade la Is produced lit in a certain sinal area in illinois and tn III a number of counties in oklahoma according to the statistician of orange judd farmer inner kansas and texas contri contribute buto to the southwestern crop varying amounts are raised in nebraska and a number or othor states like tennessee missouri and iowa grow some broom corn tind and small neTe ages of it have been successfully grown tn in idaho in licati ilca tlona onta are that the illinois acreage Is growing smaller ain aller lit in recent years ind it Is certain that the broom corn acreage Is expanding lit in the south west the illinois district raises the standard variety from froin which brush tor for large heavy brooms ta Is secured while tho the dwarf varieties aro are favored more mora in ill tile South southwest weRt generally speaking any good corn land Is good broom corn land groont corn however being one of the sorg sorghums hums Is naturally drought r resistant and in the dwarf var letle 8 t his characteristic Is developed to a marked degree this la Is why the crop Is so BO popular in III the dry districts of the southwestern states in fact tit in the unusually dry season of last year broom corn was one ona of the few crops that rondo nindo tho the southwestern farmer a iollar icalan although current reports stated that oven even the broom corn crop was waa tev ae verely orely injured harvest results showed a fairly satisfactory output in that hat region in several counties where chero broom corn Is largely grown tho the farmers would have been in hard circum stances indeed lind they not raised a fairly good crop of broom corn and alij received particularly high prices the past season in this district the planting Is fre dole with a 0 hater although on prepared ground tho the corn planter can beat bo used about three quartz quarte of seed per aero acro are sufficient A sorghum plate may be W used which will drop tho the seeds beoda about a foot apart in the row cultivation Is then given as needed tho the same as in raising corn 0 or r any of the sorg sorghums hums the crop may te be planted any time utter ibay 1 depending upon heat and moisture con conditions editions dit ions and planting may bo be continued up to tho the middle ot of june five hundred pounds per dipre acre are considered it i good yield of brush and this Is probably above the average for the southwest on this basis it if will take from four to ivo acres acrea to produce a ton the heads are cut or pulled from froin the stock leaving lato 16 inches of if tho the stalk attached are dried slightly hauled in on wagons tile the seed Is rh moved and tile the brush la Is then best piled on sli tIves under a root roof and allowed to cure there dry clear weather Is essential in curing so that the bright green grcen color so much desired may b retained afterward After warl the brush ial 1 placed in bales of from ahr terye job to four hundred pounds each and la Is ready for shipment |