1 48 Soiling. 



NON-SACCHARINE SORGHUMS. 



This class of sorghums is, as a rule, a generous 

 grower, producing in good seasons a heavy yield of 

 leafy and palatable feed, which compares very fa- 

 vorably with corn fodder. In dry seasons these 

 sorghums have the advantage over corn that they 

 are not affected by drought to the same degree. In 

 continued dry weather, they will remain nearly sta- 

 tionary, but when rain does come they again pick 

 up and push ahead vigorously, whereas corn, when 

 once stunted, never recovers. They will also make 

 a better growth on poor land than corn can do, and 

 under the combination of a dry season and on poor 

 land, where corn will be a complete failure, these 

 sorghums may still give a fair crop. 



The non-saccharine sorghums are as a class heavy 

 yielders of seeds, and the seeds compare very favor- 

 ably with corn in its composition and feeding proper- 

 ties. 



Plant in drills; cultivate same as corn, three feet 

 apart in rows. 



Kansas Bulletin, Number 18. 



" Corn and sorghum, in alternate rows and in the 

 same row, gave best results in the latter case. The 

 theory is that plants with different habits of growth 

 and feeding powers produce a heavier growth by 

 planting together than separately." 



