SWEET SORGHUM 131 
and sweet. The time of cutting should be the same 
if planted thinner, except that it should be cut and 
put in shocks, as in the curing of corn-fodder. 
For many sections, sorghum is one of the most 
useful crops of the farm; it is easily grown, resists 
drought, and makes a large quantity of forage that 
is relished by all farm animals. In the South it is 
grown largely for making syrup. It was formerly 
used somewhat for this purpose, even as far north 
as Michigan, before the days of cheap sugar. 
As a special crop, sorghum cannot be recom- 
mended too highly. When properly grown it 
produces from four to six tons of dry feed 
per acre. 
