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SORGHUM. 



I planted some sorghum this last year for the first time and I felt 

 very much pleased with it. It is a very palatable feed. The cows are 

 very fond of it; but I know but little about it. Have had only one year's 

 experience, but was favorably impressed with it. 



Mr. How late did you feed the sorghum? 



Mr. Gurler — Until into January. 



Mr. Did you have any difificulty with its souring? 



Mr. Gurler — We left it in the field bunched. We had a fine season, 

 no rains. I do not know what the effect would have been had we had 

 heavy rains. 



Mr. Mallory — It won't hurt it at all. I used to raise from forty to 

 forty-five acres of sorghum. The only trouble was that it was a tre- 

 mendously expensive crop to harvest. We used a mower and it took 

 seven men to follow that mower to bundle the sorghum and seven men 

 to tie it. I went to the Deering Company and laid my troubles before 

 them. They said they had a machine that would do it, the" corn harvester. 

 (It was sown broadcast.) I felt sorry for the machine man, he brought 

 a dozen men to see it work; but I told him he would have to adjust it 

 a little. But two years after that they brought out a machine that would 

 do the work, and now I can take sorghum ten feet high and bind it as 

 perfectly as wheat. It does not look pretty, but it does the work. Sorghum 

 is a good crop. 



Mr. How much do you plant to the acre ? 



Mr. Mallory — Three pecks to the acre, broadcast. Sow it w'ith a 

 wheat drill. I put it in the time I do my corn. 



Mr. Patterson — What variety do you use? 



Mr. Mallory — I use the Orange. I like that very much better than 

 the Early Amber, the latter grows taller, but is apt to lodge. I use 

 sorghum and Kaffir corn. 



Mr. Gurler — You were with your Deering agent as I was with 

 the McCormick people. I was using the McCormick machines and I 

 sent for the agent to come and help me out. He finally gave it up. He 

 says, "I could make a corn binder to bind your corn, but there is not a 

 sufficient demand to pay us for making it." I still use the McCormick 

 binder. 



Now in this feeding question, my friends, don't lose sight of the 

 palatability of your feed. You must know the feed that your stock likes 

 and that they will eat heartily. Don't forget that now, by all means. 

 That, I consider of the greatest importance. I would rather have a 



