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Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York 



bushel, probably averaging 56 to 58 pounds, although the legal 

 weight in many states is only 50 pounds a bushel, and in a few 

 states it is as low as 30 pounds. 



FEEDING VALUE 



Sorghum fodder has about the same feeding value as coitl fod- 

 der, but is usually to be preferred on account of the greater per- 

 centage of leaves and the higher sugar content of the stems. It is 

 a very eifective roughage for stock cattle, even though some of the 

 stems are left by the stock. The hay produced from broadcast 

 seedings is rather coarse, but very palatable, and has a chemical 

 composition about the same as that of timothy. For work horses 



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Fig. 653. Sorghum Foddek Curing in iiie Shock. 



it is not so ffood as timothv or prairie hav, because it has a slight! v 

 laxative effect. 



The seed of kafir, milo, and feterita has been used as a grain 

 feed with good results for all classes of live stock. The general 

 opinion among practical feeders is that sorghum grain is about 90 

 per cent as valuable as corn Avhen used for fattening cattle or hogs, 

 and feeding tests carried on at experiment stations seem to sub- 

 stantiate this opinion fairly well. The protein content is some-, 

 what higher in sorghum grain than in corn, hence the difference in 



