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tons, well cultivated into the soil, should be fol- 

 lowed by an application of 200 to 300 pounds per 

 acre of a commercial fertilizer containing 



Nitrogen 3 per cent 



Phosphoric acid (available) 8 per cent 



Potash 5 per cent 



Yield and value 



Sorghum is frequently allowed to grow to a 

 height of five to six feet, and then cut and permitted 

 to make a second crop. By this method, the largest 

 yields of succulent forage are obtained, ranging 

 from eight to thirty tons per acre, although the 

 latter figures are exceptional. An average of ten 

 tons may be regarded as good, and this should 

 be secured under medium conditions of soil and 

 in usual seasons. 



Sorghum is a sugar- producing plant. It is very 

 palatable, and is readily eaten by all farm stock. 

 In their immature state, however, the plants do 

 not contain a high content of dry matter, being 

 similar in this respect to millet, although they are 

 more palatable when mature. 



The quantity fed may range from fifty to seventy- 

 five pounds per day, in two feeds. The sugar forms 

 very rapidly after the heads begin to appear, and 

 this formation of sugar, while accompanied by a 

 considerable increase in crude fiber as the plants 



