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Colorado Experiment Station 
Sudan grass, feet high, grown near Rocky Ford, Colorado, on irrigated land, but with¬ 
out irrigation. Seasonal rain fall of 11 inches. Seeded May IS, photographed July 30 
does not hold its effectiveness when the crop is cut and made into hay 
or made into silage. In other words changes occur so that the poison 
is no longer injurious. 
Harvesting .—If not planted too thinly Amber Cane or Sudan 
Grass can be mowed and cured as hay. Either of these crops can be 
allowed to mature to be put into the silo if conditions warrant. When 
made into hay the crop should be raked, after allowing partial drying 
in the swath, immediately cocked and allowed to cure in the cock. 
Often Cane and Sudan Grass may be harvested with the grain or corn 
binder. The bundles are much more easily handled than the loose hay. 
GRAIN SORGHUMS 
The grain sorghums for the most part require a longer season to 
properly mature than Amber Cane or Sudan Grass. The following 
varieties of grain sorghums have been tried in an experimental and 
Kafir grown at Akron, Colorado 
