SUDAN GRASS. 15 



INDIANA. 



At the Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station Sudan grass was 

 not a success, as is shown by the report of Mr. M. L. Fisher. 



To say it plainly. I thiuk Sudan grass is not worth tlie room it takes; at least 

 such is its merit this present year. It has been a wet season and, of course, 

 it could not show drought-resisting qualities. It is not at all equal to millet 

 or sorghum. The plants which I have grown this year are not over 30 inches 

 tall and never appeared to be very thrifty. I raised some Johnson grass some 

 few years ago and the Sudan grass seems to be about the same for this section 

 as the Johnson grass. I think the plant would not furnish two cuttings In 

 this section, although I have not made an effort to determine that point. 



OHIO. 



At the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Sudan grass was 

 tested in comparison with millets and sorghums. Prof. C. G. Wil- 

 liams gave the results as follows: 



The yield of the Sudan grass and a few comi)etitors are as follows: 



Tons, air-dry woisbt. 



Sudan grass '^- ^^ 



Hungarian millet 2. 25 



German millet 3- 55 



Japan barnyard millet 4.48 



Early Amber sorghum S- ~'-J 



We did not get a chance to test them out under droughty conditions, for we 

 had anything but a drought this season. I am not able to give any opinion 

 as to its ability to furnish two crops, as we did not cut it early for a second 

 crop. You see that it compared very favorably with the millets. We have not 

 tested it as to quality or palatability. 



LOUISIANA. 



Prof. W. R. Dodson, of the Louisiana State Experiment Station, 

 tested Sudan grass in 1912 and reported as follows: 



Two rows, each 300 feet long, were planted at the experiment station at 

 Baton Rouge. The first cutting was made when the grass was 5 to 6 feet high ; 

 the second. August 20, when 4 to 5 feet high; and a third cutting was expected. 

 The grass was cut each time when it was heading out. 



Prof. Dodson estimates the first crop at 3 tons per acre and the 

 second at 2 tons. A portion of the row left to mature failed to pro- 

 duce seed, doubtless owing to the work of the sorghum midge. In a 

 later report the opinion is expressed that " we can safely count on two 

 good cuttings and one moderate cutting." 



OKLAHOMA. 



For the Oklahoma Agricultiu'al ExiDeriment Station Mr. A. IT. 

 Wright reported as follows: 



The Sudan grass grew well, reaching a height of G to Ci feet in vows, matur- 

 ing S to 30 days earlier than any other sorghum. The i)lats were small, 2 rows 

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