The Sorghums HT-S 



Grasshopper 

 These insects are not apt to be destructive to sorghum in New 

 York and other eastern states, but they sometimes do considerable 

 damage in the Great Plains, stripping the leaves from the plant 

 and preventing its further development. Scattering poisoned bran 

 is the best method of destroying grasshoppers. 



Fall army worm 



This insect, when abundant, may do serious damage. The 

 larvae feed on the young leaves while they are still coiled, per- 

 forating th'em so badly in some cases that they break off when 

 they are expanding. 



The sorghum aphis and the com worm both attack sorghums, 

 but neither, do any great damage. 



CONCLUSIONS 



Sorghum is not a crop of any importance in New York, chiefly 

 because climatic conditions are not so well suited to it as to other 

 crops like corn and the small grains. 



It may be grown to advantage as an emergency forage crop in 

 the drier locations, and for this purpose the earlier varieties of 

 sweet sorghum, such as Minnesota Amber, Eed Amber, and 

 Orange, are recommended for fodder, and Sudan grass for hay. 



Note. — Additional information regarding sorghum can be 

 obtained from the following bulletins of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture: 



SaccJiarine Sorghums for Forage, by Carleton R. Ball. 

 Fai-mers' Bulletin 246 (1906). 



The Best Two Sweet Sorghums for Forage, by A. B. Cornier. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 458 (191-1). 



Sorghum Sirup Manufa^cture, by A. Hugh Bryan, Farmers' 

 Bulletin 477 (1913). 



Tlte Nonsaccharine Sorghums, by C. W. Warburton. Farmers' 

 Bulletin 288 (1907). 



Milo as a Dry-Land Grain Crop, by Carleton R. Ball and Arthur 

 H. Leidigh. Farmers' Bulletin 322 (1908). 



Kafir as a Grain Crop, by Carleton R. Ball and Benton E, 

 Rothgeb. Farmers' Bulletin 552 (1913). 



Uses of Sorghum Grain, by Carleton R. Ball and Benton E. 

 Rothgeb. Farmers' Bulletin 686 (1915). 



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