SUDAN GRASS 
(Andropogon Sorghum) 
| 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. 
ee 2 Sudan is a tall, leafy annual grass of the Sorghum family. 
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- KANSAS ORANGE. Seed brown with dark red-brown to 
P * da P : : ; ‘ lack hull, elongated and flat on one side. Stalks mid- 
ing or listing in furrows; surface planting in regions of b Hult, U 
moderate rainfall and listing in dry regions. In general pane pe ee leafy. Height 7 to 10 feet. Matures 
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 ie SOURLESS ORANGE (African Millet). Seed pale buff 
grain. Plant three to four pounds of seed per acre. with yellow-brown hull. Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet, 
rainfall is thirty-five to forty inches, eight to twelve leafy. Height 6 to 9 feet. Matures 115 days. 
pounds may be planted when growing for forage or 
silage. * 
is HONEY (Japanese Seeded Ribbon). Seed red-brown in 
brown-red hull. Stalks stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. 
In close drilling or broadcasting, plant thirty to forty- Height 7 to 10 feet. Matures 125 days. Grown for 
five pounds per acre if rainfall is less than twenty-five SUS TES TSIM 
inches, and sixty to seventy-five pounds if over twenty- * 
five inches of rainfall. 
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. 
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. LEOTI RED. Seed buff in yellowish red hull. Stalks 
slender, juicy, sweet, mid-leafy. Height 6 to 7 feet. 
* Matures 105 days. 
RED AMBER. Seed light brown in dark red hull, stalks * 
slender, juicy, sweet and mid-leafy. Height 6 to 8 feet. ATLAS SORGO. Seed white with red-brown to black 
Matures 100 days. Yields more forage than Black spots. Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet, leafy. Height 6 
Amber. to 9 feet. Matures grain in 125 days. Has advantage 
of sweet stalk and white palatable grain. 
us * 
ORANGE. Seeds yellow-brown in black or dark red hulls. NORKAN. Seed white with black to brown spots. Stalks 
Stalks mid-stout, juicy, sweet and mid-leafy. Height slender, juicy, sweet, leafy. Height 6 feet. Matures 110 
6 to 8 feet. Matures 115 days. days. 
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