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and sweet. The time of cutting should be the same 

 if planted thinner, except that it should be cut and 

 put in shocks, as in the curing of corn -fodder. 



For many sections, sorghum is one of the most 

 useful crops of the farm; it is easily grown, resists 

 drought, and makes a large quantity of forage that 

 is relished by all farm animals. In the South it is 

 grown largely for making syrup. It was formerly 

 used somewhat for this purpose, even as far north 

 as Michigan, before the days of cheap sugar. 



As a special crop, sorghum cannot be recom- 

 mended too highly. When properly grown it 

 produces from four to six tons of dry feed 

 per acre. 



