132 FORAGE PLANTS— INDIAN CORN OR MAIZE. 



Sug-ar Corn or Sugar Grass. 



{Sorghum vulgare. Sorghwm, halapense, &c.) 

 (Known in North America as Johnson Grass.) 



Dr. Vasey reports that Sorghum vulgare is frequently 

 sown thickly for a forage crop in certain of the States, 

 and, in good seasons, with proper cultivation, furnishes 

 a very heavy yield. Sorghum halajpense — known as 

 Johnson grass — was imported from Turkey to South 

 Carolina in 1835, and is highly valued hy agriculturists 

 in the Southern States. It is said to have been intro- 

 duced into California from Australia, and is there 

 known as Evergreen Millet. A Kansas farmer reports 

 that he has tried it on very dry soil on an upland farm 

 with very good results. It is reported to be perfectly 

 hardy, rapid in growth, affording three cuttings in one 

 season, and producing a heavy growth of aftermath for 

 fall-grazing. Horses and cattle are fond of it, both in 

 its dry and green condition. Probably no grass gives 

 better promise for the dry and arid lands of the West. 

 In Utah it has been cultivated under the name of 

 Arabian Millet grass. 



Indian Corn or Maize. 



(Zea mays.) 



The Maize is a stout, erect annual, growing from the 

 height of three to four feet or eight to ten feet, according 

 to the variety ; the leaves are from one to two feet lone 

 and two or three inches broad. Grown for its grain, 

 says a writer in MoTton'sHncydopcBdia, it has constantly 



