SUDANGRASS 



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pasture plant. It grows on a variety of well-drained soils and 

 is relatively drought-enduring. 



Sudangrass is sometimes sown broadcast, but is best planted 

 in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. In sections best adapted to its 

 growth Sudangrass may be cut two to four times. The yield is 



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^UDANGRASS {Holcus Sorghum Siulan 



3 to 8 tons of excellent hay per acre. It'is reported that Sudan- 

 grass, grown under irrigation at Chico, California, produced a 

 yield of 9.8 tons of cured hay per acre. 



Being a drought-enduring plant it does not do well in regions 



