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fallowed land for their sheep, but judging by the experience of the manager of 



Bathurst Experiment Farm during the drought of 1918-19 the Sudan grass 

 pasture during the summer months was a most valuable asset, and paid 

 handsomely. 



The utility of Sudan grass as a rotation crop in wheat-growing centres is 

 another of its possibilities. A rotation trial consisting of — 1st year, wheat; 

 2nd year, fallow and Sudan grass in spring and summer ; and 3rd year, Sudan 

 grass in autumn and then fallow, to be again followed by wheat in the fourth 

 year is being carried out at Nyngan Experiment Farm. 



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Sudan Grass, Hawkesbury Agricultural College. 



The mixed farmer who has an objection to the laying down of Sudan grass 

 as an annual pasture has the alternative of using it as a cover crop in a 

 permanent pasture. In a mixture such as Rhodes grass, lucerne, and Sudan 

 grass, the last checks weed-growth, shelters the young plants of Rhodes grass 

 and lucerne from the hot summer winds, and provides a large amount of 

 pasture during a critical time of the year. Such a mixture has been very 

 successful at Wagga Experiment Farm. 



Horses are particularly fond of Sudan grass as a pasture, and according to 

 Mr. C. Oliver, of Coonamble, who is well informed on the subject of stud 

 horses, they prefer it to any other. 



Up to the present time Sudan grass has been grown mostly for hay. In 

 this respect it has completely outclassed millets throughout the State, with 

 the exception of one or two isolated localities on the South Coast. Under 



