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Chamber of Commerce, El Centra, Calif. 

 FIG. 96. Sudan grass. 



culture brought it from the Egyptian Sudan in 1909. 

 Sudan grass is closely related to the sorghums and 

 stands drought even better than they do. Its leaves 

 are sweet, like sweet sorghum, and they are liked by 

 stock. If conditions are favorable, the yield of hay 

 is very large, sometimes being as great as eight tons 

 to the acre. 



Experiments and Observations 



i. Make a crop rotation plan like the one shown in the dia- 

 gram in this chapter, but make it for crops grown in your neigh- 

 borhood. 



