Show SORGHUM IS GOOD DROUTH DROUT I CROP It has been noted all over the state this year that wherever a variety of sorghum has been grown it has come through the drouth in better condition than any other crop says J J. C C. C Hogensen Hogensen Hogensen Hog- Hog ensen extension agronomist of the Utah State Agricultural college The sorghum crop is more nearly normal than any other crop despite despite despite de de- de- de spite the extreme drouth The various varieties of sorghum make a n. good feed for farm ani ani- mals Sorghum may be fed as fodder or may be put Into an upright upright upright up up- right trench silo sUo and fed as ensilage ensilage ensilage en en- silage the place of corn It is nutritious and animals like it The varieties adapted to our longer season counties such as the northern part of the state in including including including in- in Carbon and Millard counties counties counties coun coun- ties are Red Amber and Dwarf The Red Amber is a tall growing growing grow grow- ing sweet stem variety and produces produces produces pro pro- duces the most forage per acre It is usually planted in rows two and a half feet apart and six in inches inches inches in- in ches apart in the row The Dwarf is a low- low growing variety that gives a wonderful yield of both fodder and grain A mixture of these two varieties in the silo ailo I makes the best ensilage because one is a sweet variety and the theother theother theother other is not For our shorter season counties a variety such as the Dakota Amber Amber Amber Am Am- ber which is a black seeded sweet stemmed variety will mature mature mature ma ma- ture and produce a good crop of palatable nutritious feed either as dry fodder or ensilage |