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A Sensational New Forage Grass 
A Marvelous 
New Forage Grass 
This new variety is a development resulting from 
several years breeding work by the Texas Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station in cooperation with Bureau of Plant Indus- 
try, U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. In 1944 was the first time enough seed was 
available to plant acreage of Sweet Sudan to produce seed in commercial 
quantities. The supply for planting 1948 crop is still limited. 
It’s Sweet, Juicy and More Palatable 
When Sweet Sudan is planted side by side with Common Sudan and 
other forage crops, cattle will always eat the Sweet Sudan first. A farmer 
in the southwest has the following to say about Sweet Sudan: ‘‘ About 
cattle or sheep preferring the Sweet Sudan Grass to Common Sudan, has 
certainly been borne out by our experience. You just can’t keep them 
away from it where the option is given them.’’ Another farmer said from 
his experience, he would rather pay fifteen cents per pound for Sweet 
Sudan Seed than have Common Sudan Seed as a gift. 
Livestock Prefer It to Alfalfa 
This may sound like sales talk, but anyone who has grown this wonder- 
ful crop will verify this statement. Here is what another large farmer 
and livestock raiser in the southwest says: ‘‘The results from the eighty 
acres of Sweet Sudan I planted this May and June, are very surprising to 
me. My dairy cattle have invariably eaten Sweet Sudan into the dirt 
before touching the Alfalfa or any of the grasses and clovers in the per- 
manent pastures. My herdsman reports an immediate increase in milk 
flow when he moved cows from Alfalfa to Sweet Sudan.’’ This informa- 
tion convinces us it will make our customers money. 
More Livestock on Less Acres 
Sweet Sudan has more and broader leaves; heavier and taller stalks and 
stools much heavier than Common Sudan. Is just a little later and coarser 
than Common Sudan; thereby, producing more growth and remaining 
green and growing longer than the Common. This means more grazing. 
Sweet Sitdan produces a better quality of hay and the value is twoato 
three times greater than Common. As it is more juicy, sweet and pal- 
atable it does not need to produce more feed. Because of its sweetness, 
which livestock relish, they eat it faster and consume more of it in a 
shorter period. This increases both milk and meat production, 
A Great Hay and Pasture Crop 
One farmer reports he has to put a larger number of cows on smaller acreage in 
order to hold it down. Sweet Sudan stands lots of dry weather. When other grasses 
are fading out, it keeps coming right along. Here is what a farmer says, who is run- 
ning some 1500 acres in the southwest: ‘‘Sweet Sudan is excellent hay, bundled, loose 
or baled. I have 80 or 90 tons which were bundled for seed production just before frost. 
It has much Sucrose (Sugar) and it apparently isn’t going to dry out.” This will af- 
ford lots of good palatable hay. Sow Sweet Sudan 15 to 25 Ibs. per acre. 
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