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Sorghum has been tried for forage purposes- 

 Early and proved its worth. It may be seeded broad- 

 Amber Sorghum, cast on May 20 to 25, at the rate of 50 to 60 



pounds of seed to the acre. It needs warm 

 weather for its development, in which case it will be ready to cut 

 about August 20, and the fodder will remain in good condition for 

 some 18 days. In case of a cool summer the growth of the crop 

 will be retarded, its normal sugar content will not be reached, and it 

 will hardly reach a sufficient degree of maturity for cutting before 

 frosts appear. It is a heavy yielder when the season is favorable, 

 some 20 tons of green material to the acre being produced on reason- 

 ably fertile soils. It is considered rather more nutritious than barn- 

 yard millet, but is not equal to corn. 



Barley and peas furnish a satisfactory green 

 Barley and Peas, crop during the first three weeks of October ; 



they are not injured by light frosts. One and one- 

 half bushels each to the acre may be sown together the first of Au- 

 gust, and deeply harrowed in with a wheel harrow. The yield will 

 not be as large as in case of oats and peas, six tons to the acre being 

 about an average crop. The land from which the oats and peas 

 were taken earlier in the season can be utilized, thus producing two 

 crops in one year, equivalent to four tons of hay to the acre. Should 

 the month of August be unusually dry, this crop might prove a 

 failure, especially on light soils. We have generally been successful 

 with it on a medium loam. It is stated that in the vicinity of the 

 sea-coast peas will not grow late in the season owing to the damp- 

 ness of the atmosphere due to numerous fogs. Barley may be grown 

 by itself if it would thrive under such conditions. Some farmers 

 thus situated have grown cabbage as a late forage crop. Cabbage 

 is quite nutritious, but the labor involved in caring for it is consider- 

 able and it is a heavy feeder. The most desirable heads may be 

 marketed to advantage and the poorer portion of the crop fed to the 

 animals. 



