16 SUDAX GRASS. 
in one plat covering one twenty-fifth of an acre and 6 rows in another one 
twenty-fill li of an acre. These were sown May 1 and harvested for seed 
August 1-. yielding, respectively, at the rate of 900 and 700 pounds of seed and 
2.775 and 2,525 pounds of stover per acre. 
ALABAMA. 
In reference to a test at the Alabama Agricultural Experiment 
Station, Mr. E. F. Cauthen sent the following account: 
The Sudan grass was planted June 15 and was mowed for liny on August 16. 
We planted it alone, in connection with cowpeas, in connection with Japanese 
millet, and in connection with German millet. The Japanese millet is too early 
for the grass. The German millet fits better with this grass for hay. The 
ordinary cowpea seems to he a little late as a combination crop. 
The hay should have been cut about the 1st of August, but was left for the 
farmers attending the summer school to Inspect, 
I am inclosing a print showing the grass and cowpeas just before they were 
mowed. It looks to me that the Sudan grass will make a permanent bay crop 
for this section. I have one plat that I am saving for seed and will mow the 
other the second time if the grass gets sufficiently high. 
TENNESSEE. 
At the Tennessee Agricultural Exj^eriment Station one-tenth of 
an acre was sown broadcast. Prof. C. A. Mooers wrote as follow?: 
Our test with Sudan grass will not allow me to draw all the conclusions that 
you want. This grass rusted rather badly this year but made a fair yield, and 
under favorable conditions I feel sure that a second crop could be cut to advan- 
tage. It stood the dry weather only fairly well. 
Comments by Prof. Morgan and others who saw the plats are rather unfavor- 
able to this grass, but I think the tonnage was greater than that of millet sown 
at the same time. Of course, common sorghum would outyield it greatly, but 
the difficulty with which it is cured hardly enables us to make a fair compari- 
son between the two. I may add that some Rhodes grass planted at the same 
time far outyielded the Sudan grass and made a very attractive growth, indeed. . 
KENTUCKY. 
In a small test at the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station 
the grass was allowed to mature for seed. Prof. II. Garman reported 
the following results: 
Land plowed, disked, and harrowed. One-fortieth of an acre planted at rate 
of 2(i pounds per acre. Drilled; rows 3 feet apart. Came up May 27. 1912. 
Stand perfect. Began to bloom July 15. In full bloom July 2.~>. Last bloom 
August 5. Cut for hay October 21. Yield, fresh. 190 pounds. Yield, dry. Is4 
pounds. Height of plants, 7.1 inches. Seed saved for planting in 1913. 
MARYLAND. 
The results obtained at (he Maryland Agricultural Experiment 
Station are tints reported by Mr. Nicholas Schmitz: 
The Sudan grass was planted in rows on June :! and July 1.'!. The planting 
made on June ."! consisted of about one-fourth ,,f an acre. It came up well, and 
there was a g 1 stand to begin with, but owing to various accidents during 
the season there was not more than about one-third of a stand left to produce 
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