Soiling Crops. 



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sorghum to any other article of forage diet. Con- 

 sidering its ability to grow in the hottest and driest 

 weather, and that three and four cuttings with one 

 planting can be obtained on rich land, there is no 

 plant for soiling which can equal or surpass sor- 

 ghum in the production of milk. Yellow orange is 

 given as the best sorghum, containing the largest 

 proportion of dry matter per acre." 



Starts slowly. 



Kansas Bulletin, Number 18, i8go, page 175. 



"The problem is complicated in Kansas by the 

 uncertainty of rainfall, and by its unequal distribu- 

 tion. Corn is the universal forage plant in the 

 West, and in good seasons it is doubtful if anything 

 better can be grown, but for the greater part of 

 Kansas it is too uncertain to be depended upon to 

 furnish the necessary forage, owing to drought in 

 July and August, and uncommonly early killing, 

 frosts." 



