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“There are many farmers who make this a __ 
Broom Corn. most profitable crop. One acre will Be | 
duce about 500 cwt. of brush and nearly 40 bushels of seed which is | 
equal in value almost to oats for feed. Requires soil similar to corn. | 
same cultivation, but should be planted some later in the season. 
Put ground in prime condition. We think that more of our South- | 
ern farmers should grow Broom Corn for market. It is profitable, 
Frequently planted in drills 3% feet apart, leaving plants 6 inches 
apart; 10 to 20 1bs. to an acre. 
: Of all the Millets this is the best. It 
German Millet. makes good hay,and produces heavily. 
Three pecks sown to the acre broadcast secures a good stand. Can 
GE by be sown from April till June, but the former month is the best 
ONS time. Should be cut when in bloom. Recommended for this climate, 
zit me Early Orange Sorghum. 
Equally as valuable as the Amber for 
Fe forage, but on account of longer growth 
NA is considered better for syrup making; 
by about 10 days later than the Amber. Cul- 
Wed ture the same as the Amber. 
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(Sorghum Kaffro 
Kafhr Corn. tum). This is a 
variety of Sorghum non- saccharine, and 
distinctly differing in habit of growth 
and other characteristics from all others 
of that class. The plant is low, stalks 
perfectly erect, the foliage is wide, alter- 
nately closing on either side of the stalks. 
It does not stool from the root, but 
branches from 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 
flecked with red or reddish broyn spots. 
Weight 50 pounds per bushel, ‘The aver- 
age height of growth on good .strong 
land, 5% to 6 feet; on thin land 4% to 5 
feet. The stalk is stout, never blown 
about by winds, never tangles, and is 
always manageable, easily handled. A 
boy can gather the grain heads or 
fodder. The seed heads grow from 10 to 
12 inches in length, and product of grain 
on good land easily reaches 50 to 60 
bushels per acre. Plant 6 pounds 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 onthe 
best land, and it bears thicker plant- 
ing than any other variety of Sor- 
ghum; should be massed in the drill 
on good land, for either green or for- 
age purposes. Use 10 pounds of seed per 
acre. 
Broom Corn. German Millet. 
Kaffir Corn and Millo Maize and is a sure cropper 
Dhouro or Heypuan 7C ox m. 
(Sorghum Vulgare). This isa well known cereal, 
it produces a large quantity of seed, of which fowls 
aud animals are fond. Can also be sown broadcast 
for soiling, or in drills for fodder and seed. If sown 
in drills, one peck of seed per acre isample. If 
sown broadcast one bushel per acre. For grain, the 
stalks should not be nearer than 10 inches in the 
drill, but if to be cut repeatedly for soiling, it is 
better to sow quite thickly in the hills. Seed should 
not besown too early, and covered from one-half to 
oneinch. If too much rain in the spring the seed 
will not come up well; they require more heat than 
the other sorghums. 
Similar to the Jerusalem Corn. 
Red Dhouro. Grain same size and shape, 
but of Red color, instead of white, as the Jerusa- 
lem Corn. It withstands dry weather better than 
every year. Raised more for the grain than for fod- 
der. Yields immensely. Three to five pounds will 
plant an acre. 
Makes a 
Pearl..or -Cattail” Millen; == 
continuous cutting forage plant for either green 
feedor hay. Makes amost nutritious and valuable 
continuous cutting forage plant, and is increasing in 
popularity all throughout the country. It will grow 
ten to twelve feet high, but cutting can commence 
when it has attained a height of three to four feet, 
when it will stool out enormously and make arapid 
growth, and it can be cut this way three or four 
times in a season. It can be fed either green or cured 
as dry forage, making a most nutriticus feed, which 
is relished by all kinds of stock. It is largely used by 
dairymen and others who have cattle for furnishing 
them green feed all through the summer, as, if a 
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