SUDAN GRAJ 1 .") 
I Mil \\ \. 
\i the [ndiana Agricultural Experimenl Station Sudan grass \\m- 
nol ;i success, :i- is shown by the reporl of Mi \l. 1.. Fisher. 
!■• biij ii plainly, I think Sudan no) worth the room It leasl 
such Is its ruerll this presenl year Ii Ims I d a wel Reason anil, ol 
it could nol show droughl resisting qualities ii is nol al all equal i" mlllel 
or sorghum. The plants which l ii.i \ •■ grown this year are d 
tall and oever appeared n> be verj thrift] I raised - Johnson grass some 
few years ago and the Sudan grass seems i" be about the same tor this section 
as ili«' Johnson grass. I think the plnnl would no< furnlsb two cuttings In 
ilii-. section, although l have uol wade an efforl i" determine thai point 
OHIO, 
Ai the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Sudan grass was 
tested in comparison with millets and —« »i-^rl 1 1 1 1 1 1 — . Prof. C. G. Wil- 
liams gave the results as follows: 
The yield of the Sudan grass and .1 few competitoi 
iir drj « 
Sudan grass 3 88 
Hungarian millet 2 26 
German mlllel •". 55 
Japan barn] ard mlllel f I s 
Early Amber sorghum 8. 75 
We di.l nol gel .1 chance to tesl them < >ni under droughty conditions, for we 
bad anything bui ;i drought this season. 1 am nol able to give any opinion 
its ability to furnish i\\" crops, as we <ii>l nol cul ii early for a si nd 
crop. "% ■ *i 1 Bee thai it compared very favorably with the millets. We have 
tested ii as to quality <t palatabillty. 
L01 I81ANA. 
Prof. W. R. Dodson, of the Louisiana State Experimenl Station, 
tested Sudan grass in L912 and reported as follows: 
Two rows, each •"> |HI feel long, were planted al iii«- experimenl station al 
Baton Rouge. The flrsl cutting \\:is made when the grass w:i- 5 to 6 feel high; 
the second, August 26, when l to a feel bigb; and third cutting was expected. 
The grass was cul each time when it was beading out 
Prof. Dodson estimates the first crop al :> > tun- per acre and the 
second al 2 tons. A pi rtion "I" 1 1 1 * • row lefl to mature failed in pro- 
duce seed, doubtless owing to the work of the sorghum midge. In ;i 
later reporl the opinion i- expressed thai " we can safely count on two 
■ I cuttings :uiil one moderate cutting." 
OKI \ MoM V. 
For tlu 1 Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Mr. A. II. 
Wright reported a- follow 9 : 
The Sudan cim>s grew well, reaching :i height of 6 t" 1 oatur- 
ing 8 ni 10 days earlier than any other sorghum. The plats were small, _' rows 
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