SWEET SORGHUM 125 
tons, well cultivated into the soil, should be fol. 
lowed by an application of 200 to 300 pounds per 
acre of a commercial fertilizer containing 
NERO POD sos ke ee a SS we 3 per cent 
Phosphoric acid (available) ...... 8 per cent 
Potash. 2 i 5 ee 4 Sa de oe ew S 5 per cent 
Yield and value 
Sorghum is frequently allowed to grow to a 
height of five to six feet, and then cut and permitted 
to make a second crop. By this method, the largest 
yields of succulent forage are obtained, ranging 
from eight to thirty tons per acre, although the 
latter figures are exceptional. An average of ten 
tons may be regarded as good, and this should 
be secured under medium conditions of soil and 
in usual seasons. 
Sorghum is a sugar-producing plant. It is very 
palatable, and is readily eaten by all farm stock. 
In their immature state, however, the plants do 
not contain a high content of dry matter, being 
similar in this respect to millet, although they are 
more palatable when mature. 
The quantity fed may range from fifty to seventy- 
five pounds per day, in two feeds. The sugar forms 
very rapidly after the heads begin to appear, and 
this formation of sugar, while accompanied by a 
considerable increase in crude fiber as the plants 
