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small windrows and allowed to dry another day before 

 stacking. A light or medium growth can usually be 

 stacked after drying for one day. 



Sorghum is often used for silage. The same method 

 is used with this crop as with corn except that if sweet 

 varieties such as amber cane are used it is advisable to 

 mix in a load of hay or straw every third or fourth load 

 as the silo is filled the amount to be regulated according 

 to the maturity of the crop. This will absorb part of 

 the juice from the sorghum and help to prevent the sil- 

 age from souring. Sorghum silage is not as good as 

 that made from well matured corn but it is succulent 

 and palatable and when supplemented with gOod hay 

 and some concentrate it makes an excellent feed for dairy 

 cows or other stock during the winter months. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



In conclusion the facts established by these experi- 

 ments may be stated briefly as follows: 



1. Sorghum is a profitable crop to grow when 

 weather conditions are unfavorable for corn. 



2. Sudan grass has proved the best sorghum for 

 hay purposes and for solid drilling or broadcasting. 



3. Varieties of amber cane, such as Minnesota am- 

 ber and Dakota amber, are best to grow when a high ton- 

 nage of coarse forage is desired. 



4. Sudan grass gives best results when drilled in 

 rows six inches apart but can be grown as a cultivated 

 crop if desirable. 



5. Amber cane and dwarf milo give best results 

 when grown in rows far enough apart to permit culti- 

 vation similar to that given drilled corn. 



6. It is best to seed sorghum from May 20 to June 

 1, after corn planting is finished, but good yields are ob- 

 tained from later seeding, making it possible to use the 

 sorghums as catch or substitute crops. 



7. Sorghum seed should be planted shallow, the ob- 

 ject being to put the seed as close to the surface as pos- 

 sible and still be covered with soil. 



