Sweet Sudan...a better type for Texas 
Searching for an annual grass that would 
replace Johnson grass, the late Dr. C. V. Piper of 
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture found it on a British 
army farm in the Sudan, Africa. Introduced into 
this country, it quickly became of importance 
because of its wide adaptation, drought resistance, 
and its nutritive and palatable qualities. In time, 
however, increasing attention was drawn to its 
defects, particularly the similarity of its seed to 
Johnson grass seed, which led to the spreading 
of this weed on land which had been clean. 
After many years of work headed by R. E. 
Karper and J. R. Quinby, the Texas Experiment 
Station introduced Sweet Sudan in 1937, bred 
from across of Sudan and Leoti. This splendid 
grass sorghum has reddish brown seed instead 
of the blackish brown common to Sudan and 
Johnson grass. In addition, the plants are sweet 
and juicy, much more resistant to disease, and 
higher yielding in both forage and seed. We grow 
our Sweet Sudan seed in South Texas, where ithe 
long period of hot, dry harvesting weather makes 
possible a uniform development of the seed, with 
good bright color and high vitality. 

SWEET SUDAN—A DISTINCT AND GREATLY IMPROVED GRASS SORGHUM 


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Facilities and Sales 
This map indicates our strategic locations for the best production 
areas and the distribution of Asgrow seeds. At Weslaco our new plant 
is in the heart of the lower Rio Grande Valley and at Robstown our 
sales department serves the great Coastal Bend section. Our San 
Antonio headquarters is well situated for distribution to Ceniral 
Texas, and for the production and processing of many items. At 
Lubbock another new plant for processing, storage and distribution 
will serve the Texas Panhandle. These warehouses supply seed to 
Asgrow dealers and, through them, to progressive farms over the state. 

SEEDS ARE WAREHOUSED WITH GREAT CARE 
There is no substitute for quality 
