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promising- being that of plantingr in closely 

 cultivated rows in which the seed is sown 

 thickly. While broadcasting: also gives 

 good results, it does not seem to produce 

 the yields that are obtained from culti- 

 vated rows, even under conditions of ample 

 rainfall. An 18-inch row can be easily cul- 

 tivated once or twice while the grass is 

 young-, and after it has attained a height 

 of two feet or more, additional cultivation 

 does not appear to be necessary, either to 

 keep down weeds or to promote further 

 growth. The reasons for predicting wide- 

 spread popularity for this grass are based 

 on its wonderful adaptability to various 

 conditions, its ability to produce under 

 these conditions profitable yields of excel- 

 lent forage, and the ease with which it can 

 be grown. That there may be no misun- 

 derstanding regarding the resemblance of 

 Sudan Grass to Johnson Grass, it must be 

 distinctly understood that while the former 

 is much the same as the latter in appear- 

 ance, Sudan Grass, under no conditions, 

 produces root stock, and is at once eradi- 

 cated by plowing. The question may arise 

 as to whether, on account of the close 

 similarity of the seed, Johnson Grass may 

 not inadvertently or otherwise be intro- 

 duced by means of Sudan Grass. This is 

 entirely possible, but it can be obviated by 

 sowing seed that is produced only in the 

 North, where Johnson Grass is not grown. 

 At this stage, when the seed of Sudan 

 ■Grass is scarcely a commercial commodity, 

 extreme caution should be used, as un- 

 scrupulous dealers will be inclined to 

 adulterate it with seed of Johnson Grass. 

 Seeds of these grasses may be quite readily 

 distinguished after a little experience, 

 those of Sudan Grass being plumper than 

 those of Johnson Grass and breaking from 

 the seed head or panicle with a small por- 

 tion of the rachis or branch. The seed of 

 Johnson Grass break off smoothly with a 

 well defined scar. Sudan grass has been 

 thoroughly tested in practically all or the 

 Southern States with uniform success. It 

 seems to grow successfully on all kinds of 

 land, stands dry weather and does not 

 blight under ample rainfall. It may be suc- 

 cessfully grown wherever millets, sorg- 

 lium, Kaffir Corn or Milo Maize succeed. 

 Planting time is usually during April. The 

 yield of Sudan hay is from 8 to 12 tons to 

 the acre and the quantity of seed when 

 grown for the latter purpose under normal 

 conditions, is from 25 to 30 bushels. Sow 

 Irom 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 



B£D TOP, OB SUMAC SOBGHUM.— 



Stems sweeter and juicier than other 

 sorghums. vSeeds smallest of all and go 

 further in planting. Head erect, dark red 

 in color. Yields about five tons per acre 

 ■of forage. Seeds roundish and clean 

 usually of hull. Medium early, 90 to 100 

 days; 7 to 10 feet high. Leads all vari- 

 eties in portions of Tennessee, and in 

 North Georgia, and in these sections for 

 syrup and forage universally used and 

 preferred. 



Yi:x.i:.ow MII.O maize, ob bubai. 



SBANCHING SOBGHUM.— Produces the 

 seed heads upright in a vertical position, 

 while others are drooping. The seeds are 

 smaller, but will keep longer than the 

 other varieties, the stalk grows very large 

 and produces a good many large leaves. , It 

 suckers and tillers more apd^ more ■ tl)e 

 oftener it is cwt.' ■ ■ It exceeds greatly in 



yield of green fodder any of the familiar 

 fodder plants except the "Teosinte." It 

 should be planted exclusively in the drill 

 four feet apart, 18 to 20 inches in the drills. 

 One peck per acre. 



E A B I. Y IM- 

 FBOVED F E D I- 

 GBEED AMBEB 



5 O B G H U M.— 



More popular than 

 ever for for for- 

 age. Relished in 

 its green state or 

 cured, by all stock, 

 on account of 

 sweetness of stalk 

 and leaves. Equals 

 in value any other 

 crop known. 

 Makes good syrup, 

 but as the stalk is 

 smaller than the 

 Orange, that va- 

 riety is recom- 

 mended when the 

 intention is to 

 grow for syrup. 

 12 y2 pounds of 

 seed will plant an 

 acre. Plant at any 

 time from April to 

 last of July in 

 rows 3 feet apart, 



6 to 10 seed, 12 to 

 18 inches apart in 

 the row, or drill 



lightly; can be sown broadcast; i^ bushel 

 per acre. 



Early Improved 

 Pedig-reed Amber 

 Sorg-hum. 



EABI.'S' OBANGE SOBGHUM.— Equally 

 as valuable as the Amebr for forage, but 

 on account of longer growth is considered 

 better for syrup making; about 10 days 

 later tha-n the Amber. Cutlure the same as 

 the Amber. 



WHITE KAFFIB COBN. — (Sorghum 

 Kaffrorum). — This is a variety of Sor- 

 ghum non-saccharine and distinctly dif- 

 fering in habit of growth and other char- 

 acteristics from all others of that class. 

 The plant is low, stalks perfectly erect; 

 the foliage is wide, alternately closing on 

 either side of the stalks. It does not stool 

 from the roots, but branches frorh the top 

 joints, producing from two to four heads 

 of grain from each stalk. The heads are 

 long, narrow, and perfectly erect, well 

 filled with white grain, which at maturity 

 is slightly fleckled with red or reddish 

 brown spots. Weight 50 pounds per 

 bushel. The average height of growth on 

 good strong land, 5% to 6 feet; on thin or 

 poor land, 41/^ to 5' feet. The seed heads 

 grow from 10 to 12 inches in length, and 

 product of grain on good la'nd easily reaches 

 50 to 60 bushels per acre. It may be 

 planted in the latter part of March or 

 early in April. It bears earlier planting 

 than other Millets or Sorghums. It should 

 be put in rows not over three feet apart 

 even on the best land, and it bears thicker 

 planting than any other variety of Sor- 

 ghum; should be massed in the drill on 

 good land, for either green or forage pur- 

 poses. Ten pounds per acre. 



BED KAFFIB COBN.— The same gen- 

 eral description as the White Kaffir Corn, 

 except the color of seeds, which are red. 



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