SUDAN GRASS 
(Andropogon Sorghum) 
Sudan is a tall, leafy annual grass of the Sorghum family. 
It is a native of a hot, dry climate, which makes it naturally 
adapted to the dry conditions of the Middle West. It has 
been grown with marked success from South Dakota to 
Texas, and it also grows equally well through the humid 
regions from Maryland to Louisiana. Under irrigation, very 
good results have been secured in Colorado, Arizona and 
California. 
Sudan Grass may be sown broadcast, drilled or in cultivated rows. 
Where there is sufficient moisture, broadcasting or drilling is prefer- 
able; otherwise the grass is likely to be coarse. In seeding this way, 
three pecks to the acre should be used. In cultivated rows three feet 
apart, three pounds of seed to the acre are sufficient. 
Sudan makes a large crop of hay, which yields an average of two cut- 
tings or about four tons of fine hay per acre, but a great many farmers 
use Sudan as summer pasture. It crosses very readily with all of the 
cultivated varieties of sorghums, so that when it is grown near any 
such variety, more or less numerous hybrid plants will appear. The 
hybrid plants should be rogued out. This should be done as soon as 
the hybrids are in bloom. 
SWEET SUDAN. Same as regular Sudan but with sweeter stalk and 

more palatable to livestock. 

GRAIN and FORAGE SORGHUMS 
Most Sorghums are planted in rows by surface plant- 
ing or listing in furrows; surface planting in regions of 
moderate rainfall and listing in dry regions. In general 
three to four-inch spacing in rows is best for sorgos, six 
to eight-inch spacing for grain sorghums when grown 
for forage, and twelve to fifteen inches when planted for 
grain. Plant three to four pounds of seed per acre. If 
rainfall is thirty-five to forty inches, eight to twelve 
pounds may be planted when growing for forage or 
silage. 
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In close drilling or broadcasting, plant thirty to forty- 
five pounds per acre if rainfall is less than twenty-five 
inches, and sixty to seventy-five pounds if over twenty- 
five inches of rainfall. 
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BLACK AMBER. Seed light brown in black shiny hull. 
Stalks slender, juicy, sweet and with few leaves. 
Height 6 to 9 feet. Matures 90 to 100 days. 
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RED AMBER. Seed light brown in dark red hull, stalks 
slender, juicy, sweet and mid-leafy. Height 6 to 8 feet. 
Matures 100 days. Yields more forage than Black 
Amber. 
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ORANGE. Seeds yellow-brown in black or dark red hulls. 
Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet and mid-leafy. Height 
6 to § feet. Matures 115 days. 
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KANSAS ORANGE. Seed brown with dark red-brown to 
black hull, elongated and flat on one side. Stalks mid- 
stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. Height 7 to 10 feet. Matures 
120 to 125 days. 
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SOURLESS ORANGE (African Millet). Seed pale buff 
with yellow-brown hull. Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet, 
leafy. Height 6 to 9 feet. Matures 115 days. 
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HONEY (Japanese Seeded Ribbon). Seed red-brown in 
brown-red hull. Stalks stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. 
Height 7 to 10 feet. Matures 125 days. Grown for 
syrup and silage in South. 
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SUMAC. Seed small dark reddish brown with black to 
red-brown hull. Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. 
Height 6 to 8 feet. Matures 120 days. Heavy yielder. 
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LEOTI RED. Seed buff in yellowish red hull. Stalks 
slender, juicy, sweet, mid-leafy. Height 6 to 7 feet. 
Matures 105 days. 
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ATLAS SORGO. Seed white with red-brown to black 
spots. Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. Height 6 
to 9 feet. Matures grain in 125 days. Has advantage 
of sweet stalk and white palatable grain. 
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NORKAN. Seed white with black to brown spots. Stalks 
slender, juicy, sweet, leafy. Height 6 feet. Matures 110 
days. 
