Plant Only After The 
es, Se, Ground Is Thoroughly Warm 
May 15 to July 15 



If the seedbed is dry, rolling or cultipacking will hasten 
germination. 
The alfalfa grass-seed drill with double feed is idea} 
for sowing Sudan grass. Use the feed having the large 
opening. 
7 Effect Of Hot. Dry Weather 
During periods of hot, dry weather, Sudan grass con- 
tinues to grow after most crops have stopped and only 
checks its growth when the soil moisture becomes very 
low. It requires a greater amount of water to produce 
a pound of dry matter of Sudan grass than one of corn, 
but the extensive, fibrous root system of the Sudan 
| grass enables it to draw upon the soil moisture to a 
greater extent than most crops. The advantage of 
t having the seedbed well supplied with moisture at seed- 
y ing time is thus explained. Sudan grass makes a quick 
J recovery and grows vigorously just as soon as rain falls. 
For Pasture 
Sudan grass is one of the best summer pasture crops. 
It is usually big enough to pasture when it is five or six 
weeks old, or sooner if it gets 12 to 14 inches tall. The 
ability of Sudan to grow during the hot, dry weather 
of July and August makes it an ideal crop for that 
period, when native blue grass pasture is at its lowest 
carrying capacity. It withstands trampling to an un- 
usual degree and furnishes a feed high in protein. One 
: acre of Sudan grass gives approximately 215 cow pas- 
: ture days. At the Hamilton County Experiment Farm 
(Ohio), in 1930 five acres of Sudan grass furnished 
pasture for 23 cows for 538 days. 
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Sudan grass for pasture should not be allowed to get 
coarse and woody as it has a tendency to do if the 
stand is thin or if it is not pastured heavily enough. 
It may be kept in a succulent condition by mowing off 
G the tall shoots with a mower, with the cutter-bar set 
W high to avoid cutting off the good pasture growth. 

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piure was seeded broadcast at the rate of 25 pounds of seed 
, me. It was 18 inches high and ready to graze in 30 days. 
yr two cows per acre through the summer. All kinds of 
4@—it has a sweet taste. Don’t sow Sudan grass seed until 
jvwarm in the spring. 
