146 Soiling. 



SORGHUM REPORTS. 

 Georgia Bulletin, Number 13, 1891. 



" This class of plants, as shown by the analysis, is 

 highly nutritious. Three or four cuttings can be 

 obtained during one season, outyielding almost any 

 other forage plant. The seed, of which the stock 

 produces an abundance, compares favorably with 

 corn as a food. The sorghum will stand a dryer 

 season than the corn. When corn rolls or the plants 

 are drooping or standing still, the sorghums are lit- 

 tle affected, but continue to grow and yield good re- 

 turns in fodder and grain, so that they are even 

 more reliable as a soiling crop than corn. They are 

 greatly relished by all farm animals, green or cured ; 

 and it is claimed that the milk and butter as well are 

 improved in quality and quantity when fed to milch 

 cows. A little more care should be exercised in at- 

 tempting to cure sorghum than corn, as it heats 

 easily when in too large shocks. The best plan is 

 to cut it, and let it lay on the ground and wilt, tying 

 in small bundles and shocking it by setting the 

 bundles so as to support each other like shocks of 

 wheat. 



" It is sown in drills and cultivated the same way as 

 corn. The first cutting should be done before the 

 stalk flowers. It should be thoroughly cultivated 

 between each cutting. Level culture is best, in 

 drills or hills, the same as corn. Animals prefer 



