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Sudan Grass is a non-saccharine grain sorghum. It is an 
annual, yet it can be pastured to good advantage and 
under favorable conditions two cuttings of hay may 
be obtained. The straw is very palatable. It has been 
grown successfully on every kind of soil and may be 
sown as soon as ground is warm and at any time during 
the summer so long as 70 to 80 days intervene before 
the date of first expected frost. Seeded in rows 36 to 42 
inches apart, 2 to 3 pounds of good seed per acre are 
sufficient; in rows 18 to 24 inches apart 4 to 6 pounds; 
when drilled or broadcast 16 to 24 pounds are required. 
Cut for hay as soon as fully headed with mower, binder 
or corn binder. For the prevention of soil blowing dur¬ 
ing the fall, winter and spring months on the plains of 
eastern Colorado, Sudan Grass stands out as a cover crop. 
Sunflowers are a good silage crop for dry land. They may 
be sown earlier than corn as light frosts do not injure. 
They may also be sown late as they grow rapidly. The 
silage is very palatable and has high feeding value. 
Plant close in drills, 4 to 5 inches apart and rows 30 to 
42 inches apart. Cultivate and handle similar to com. 
Five to six pounds per acre is the usual amount sown. 
Prices NOT prepaid: 5 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $1.25. 
Broom Corn. The heads of Broom Corn or the brush are 
the important part of the crop. The stalks are dry and 
pithy. Plant about June 1st in rows 3% feet apart, 
using 8 pounds of seed per acre. Scarbrough Dwarf is 
a well recognized variety. Prices NOT prepaid: 5 lbs., 
45c; 10 lbs., 75c. 
Grain Sorghums 
Grain sorghums are non-saccharine. They range in height from 
3 to 6 feet and are more drought resistant than sweet sorghums. 
Stalks are dry and pithy and have low feeding ralue. 4 to 6 pounds 
are sown on dry land and 8 pounds on irrigated in rows. 50 to 
60 pounds broadcast or drilled. 
Hegari. 120 days, 4 to 5 feet tall, is a grain sorghum resembling 
kafir and Atlas sorgo. Under favorable conditions Hegari makes 
an excellent grain crop and forage that is relished by live stock. 
Leaves are broad, long, and numerous. The stalks fairly sweet 
and reasonably juicy, containing a much higher saccharine con¬ 
tent than milo and kafir. Seeds are chalky white with a brown 
or reddish-pink undercoat. 
Milo stalks are stout, pithy, scantily supplied with leaves. Makes 
poor silage. Grain has high feeding value. Dwarf yellow milo 
is the best variety. 
Blackball White Hafir. 115-140 days, 5 to 6 feet tall in dry land 
areas. 12 to 16 leaves, 2 to 3 feet long and 3 to 5 inches wide. 
Stalks are dry, pithy, and slightly acid. Grain is white and 
makes good poultry food. 
Bed ]^fir. Seeds are red and make good poultry food. Very 
similar in habits and requirements to the white variety. Leaves 
are narrower and heads longer and more slender. 
Johnson Grass, also known as Aleppo Grass, Rasehorse Grass, 
False Guinea Grass, and Evergreen Millet, thrives in the south 
but will winterkill in the north. In many sections is considered 
as a pernicious weed. Prices NOT prepaid, 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 
lbs., $1.50. 
Sweet Sorghums 
The Sweet Sorghums or cane are generally grown for 
making hay or forage. The stalks contain sweet juices and 
are very leafy. Sorghum forage has high feeding value. 
The most successful practice for the production of sor¬ 
ghums (both sweet and grain) on dry land is fall listing 
followed by light harrowing in the spring, to control weeds 
before the planting date. The planting should be made in 
the old lister furrows. This method permits the planting 
of seed in a warm, moist seed-bed and is conducive to a 
quick start and rapid growth so essential to high yields. 
ITie crop is usually mowed when the plants are just coming 
into head. 
Sorghum seeds are particularly susceptible to destruction 
by soil organisms known as fungi. An excellent insurance 
against poor stands from this cause is to treat the seed 
with a mercury dust compound, which will also control 
smut. For information see page 71. 
Plant 4 to 6 pounds of seed per acre on dry land and 8 
pounds on irrigated land; when drilled or broadcast 50 
to 60 pounds are required. 
In northern and northeastern Colorado, including Weld, 
Adams, Arapahoe, Washington, Yuma, and Sedgwick 
counties. Black Amber, Bed Amber, Coes, Orange, and 
Sumac are recommended varieties and May 20th to 30th 
as the earliest seeding dates. In southern Colorado, south 
of the Divide, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Prowers, Baca, Lincoln, 
Otero, Bent, etc., counties. Orange and Sumac varieties are 
recommended. 
Black Amber Cane, 80 to 100 days, is the best known Sorgo and 
in many sections is the favorite because it is the earliest. 
Bed Amber Cane matures later than Black Amber. It is more 
leafy, taller, and sweeter and has red hulls instead of black. 
Orange Cane, 100 to 110 days, produces more fodder than black 
or red and has higher sugar content. There are two varieties 
in common use—Bed Orange and Sourless Orange. 
Bed Top or Sumac Cane, 115 to 125 days, also called Bedhead, 
is very popular in the south and southwest, very leafy, sweet, 
and has high feeding value. Seeds shell off clean like grain 
sorghums. 
Atlas Sorgo is a large, long-season forage sorghum developed at 
the Hays, Kansas, Experiment Station. It is drought resistant. 
Produces big yields under favorable conditions and is similar 
to Kansas Orange in growth habit. In Colorado it matures only 
in our southeastern section, including Cheyenne, Kiowa, and 
other counties in that vicinity. It may produce a good tonnage 
of immature feed fiirther north. It is a sweet sorghum, very 
leafy, and is used to considerable extent in Kansas for the 
production of silage. 
Texas Ribbon Cane, Goosenecl^ Honey Drip, and Sugar Drip 
are large, leafy, sweet varieties, adaped to the production of 
syrup and forage. Because of their size they produce heavy 
yields of forage when the season is long enough for them 
to mature. 
Coes Sorgo, 90 days, is a kafir headed sorgo with a long compact 
head and fine sweet stem containing high sugar content. Tends 
to sucker profusely making large quantites of fine leafy feed. 
(Adapted only for planting in northern and northeastern Colo¬ 
rado in the territory designated above.) Grain is pure white 
and threshes free of the hull. Suitable for forage or grain. 
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