SUDAN GRASS. 



average, pounds, or 3.3 bushels per acre, only one-fourth of the 

 quantity secured from the plats in rows. 



Fifi. 2. — A broadcasted field of Sudan grass at Arlington Farm, Virginia, 1912. 



Eight plats of one-twentieth of an acre each were planted in 18- 

 inch rows on June 3 at the rate of 5 pounds seed per acre and culti- 



Fig. 3. — Rows of Sudan grass at Arlington Farm, Virginia, 1912. Each row is grown 

 from the seed of a single plant. The three rows on the right are typical Sudan grass. 



vated twice. Two of these plats cut on August 23 when fully headed 

 and about 7 feet high yielded, respectively, 284 and 347 pounds per 

 2)lat, or at the rate of 2.8 and 3.5 tons to the acre. This could have 



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