In spring the fields turned lush and green. “How is that possible? We didn’t plant anything this spring.”
“You didn’t need to plant anything. The mowed field greened up again and produced a good harvest of grain. It had been sown with an unusual plant—a hybrid of couch grass and wheat developed by Soviet academician Tsitsyn. Such plants had never existed before.”
Meanwhile, scientists in Uzbekistan created another fascinating plant. They crossed Dzhugara with broomcorn sorghum and produced a giant hybrid that can reach up to 20 feet in height! If the new plant is well-watered, it can yield 1,500 quintals of silage per hectare! And after cutting, it regrows and provides a second harvest of juicy green stalks.
The new hybrid can also produce grain. That grain can be turned into alcohol, rubber, plastics, and thousands of other industrial products that modern industry relies on.
“We need to prepare the mowers,” the farm decided. Soon, the haymaking was completed. The hay was stacked into mounds. As autumn approached, the farm was bustling again:
“Harvesting the grain is coming up soon.”
