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to become hard and woody. With proper care the limit of 

 profitable production need not be five, or twenty, or even fifty years." 

 At the Experimental Station, Manhattan, Kansas, disc harrow- 

 ing even four times in four months has been a remarkable success. 

 The crop was very thin and poor, but with 1.19 in. of rain in June,. 

 4.51 m. in July, and 2.84 in. in August four cuttings were made. 



SORGHUM AND OTHER SUMMER FODDER PLANTS. 



The best time for sowing seems to be the end of September, or first 

 week of October, if possible shortly after rain, after the land is again, 

 in a mellow condition. Sorghum will grow fairly well even withou^ 

 rain or irrigation, where millet or maize will not prosper. It 

 should be cut just as the seeds begin to turn color. If not sown 

 broadcast and hoed several times in summer the crop should be 

 good, and a second crop is in that case sure to grow. Mr. H. 

 Carter, of Clare (24.30 in.), thinks 10 Ib. of seed sufficient, Mr. 

 D. Hanna, of Gumeracha, 15 Ib. Mr. A. Steinwedel, of Bala- 

 klava (15.94 in.), prefers the black seed varieties and early amber- 

 cane for fodder, and dhurra for seed. The rows should be 2 ft. 

 apart, the soil kept open by cultivation, and 2 in. of soil dr.-twn 

 towards the stems, which will cause another ring of roots. He 

 sows in September with only about 2 Ib. of seeds per acre, and cut* 

 when in blossom. The "Farmers' Guide" for the United States, 

 states that sorghum is much benefited by muriate of potash. Mr. 

 Jas. Wilson, of Petersburg (12.17 in.), having tried many fodder 

 plants without much success, recommends, however, sorghum, which 

 should there be sown in July. If weeds are growing too freely 

 with the sorghum he turned cattle in, and on removing them in 

 January sorghum was soon again 1 ft. high. Whe,at following: 

 sorghum did not always do well with him. Cattle seemed to 

 prefer amber-cane, took afterwards to sorghum, and last *o 

 Farmers' Friend, where the three were in one paddock. C >ws 

 gave abundance of milk. He sowed 3 Ib. of seed per acre (cost 3d. 

 per Ib.). Sorghum makes good ensilage, if chaffed into the pit. 

 Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense) gives good crop, but should 

 not be planted in land intended for other crops, it being so diffi- 

 cult to get it out of the soil. The late Mr. Kluske, of Eudunda (16.96 

 in.), had different sorghums 5 and 6 ft. high in March, and Johnson's 

 Grass 3 ft. Mr. A. Plush, of Calca (15 in.), also had sorghum 

 and Kaffir Corn 5 it. high. Mr. Bishop, of Mallala (16.56 in.), had 

 still in June Kaffir Corn 4 ft. high. Mr. R. Marshall, then of 

 Templars (about 18 in.), ploughed in, 3J in. deep, with a multi- 

 furrow plough 300 acres with sorghum, using 3 Ib. per acre broad- 

 cast, and the crop was very good, in spite of the exceptionally drv 

 season. 



Mr. T. Serle, 01 Millicent (29 in.), raised a crop of dhurra 8 ft 

 high ; and J. Grunicke and J. Moseley, of Woolundunga (16.98 m.),. 

 considered dhurra a very valuable fodder plant. Mr. Westerman- 

 Smith, of Golden Grove (about 24 in.), feeds with sorghum after- 

 February until April or May. Mr. W. J. Trembath, of Daven- 



