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PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



The sweet sorghums or sorgos can be grown success- 

 fully almost anywhere in the United States. They are 

 drought-resistant and, consequently, they are extensively 

 grown in the South and Southwest both for the production 

 of molasses and as a stock-feed. After periods of extreme 

 drought, or an early frost, sorghum often contains prussic 



Fig. 71. — A field of orange sorghum. (Voorhees, Forage Crop.s.) 



acid, which is deadly poison. Second-growth sorghum also 

 sometimes contains prussic acid. Hence, considerable care 

 must be exercised in feeding it. Thoroughly cured sorghum 

 fodder may be fed with httle danger. In feeding value it is 

 about equal to corn fodder. Sweet sorghum fodder, if left 

 in the field, is likely to sour after about three months, 

 due to the fermentation of the sugar which it contains. 

 Kafir corn, feterita, and milo maize are closely related 



