Show SORGHUM M AS A FORAGE CROP illethe ft f culter V go rot alc to and nd clr M most rca teti I 1 leri ers withstands tt th thau ju ecru it ie in a strong I 1 hv jer T sni will co better pol I 1 it I 1 in alfa 1 a good crop to krow on oil alkali toll polla ae As n rule hie the tar are ro ge the north aud ul west early amber and ind buly luly amber arc are krown grow n al ali UOK exclusively next to 0 o the tl cance come the arango varieties lf which Z u p lu in the mcd may be se at vatious during apri prias and thus rut aay ot ut forage ao 10 ob tainI the frd tto b tt vt when tho the roll foil ie is quite warm and aul should not be planted until after danger from clamp damp chilly weather meather is i pa past pat t at first the young plant plants make a largo large root growth as compared with tin growth of the be tern stem nud hence seem to develop slowly ant an soon ai vs the root roots are well established hed the acm stem growth ie is cry rapid and Is not easily checked by dry weather tho the soil should much lie file tame game treatment as a acir or corn or cotton lu in tho the went west ard rood good results have been obtained by plowing shallow in the all fall or early spring before planting and then a tk cond time to a greater tit depth after the needs are started tatted aud just before it ie Is time to As a sk rule bo beet forage is I 1 obtained by foxing the be bece broadcast or with a pre drw drill ach such aw an in ailed in planting email small grain min in the weft and southwest the latter method ii fit to be preferred as no the cane cans stein to up better and ie in ual so likely to suffer from drought too the litter lister lia has ben ben u ed with guiod boodro to aults in fit polive instances in the west went but the bo practice in 1 hardly to be r ed of the often growth of the young cane and bec alive of a lift III ability of the plants being washed out of the furrow by heavy rain talus some farmer ors report good results by bowing mowing the set bcd d broadcast on unprepared land and plowing it under while othere others cori condemn demix this method method of ceding seeding covering the se beed edwith with is disk burrowns burrow burro wms reems to be more especially in loose bandy sandy eolla foils many fanner farmers mix corn millet and various kinds of pea or beam beans with the sorghum eor ghura and in this thi way secure it bet ter quality of forage tho the rowing wing of lo grames with forgham IS i an excellent practice the large amount of muscle maling making substances nbc tance in the legumes to gether with the lugar sugar and nud other fa fat elements in the caje afford affords ni n much more evenly ball bali ration than either of the plant plants won woul I 1 make alone Aloiv over the legumes will do much to replace air the sorghum forg hanx may take from the soil borg sorghum lium may bo be need used for eci boiling ling pasturage lay hay and ensilage it is a T tidally valuable as a pasturage for lambe lambs anil logs and as a summer and aai autumn feed tor for dairy stock feldspar feed apar until the stock become accie tomed to 10 it il the best quality of hay is obtain obtained by cutting tho the forgham shortly after it begins to bloom when need used for soil tux cutting mry bo be profitably begun as a noon as the irada b ads are formed tho the common practice ie is to cut for ensil cu lage when the mv FA CA 5 in the dough the forage cou coutu talon tn an excelsa of fat fori and should bo be fed in with foods rich in making materials tho the seed wed it is usually fed with tbt gem and leares thrashed decd should be crushed or ground and mixed with wh vh at bran brau oata tata or other u nitrogenous itro genous foode the forego illi la Is gleaned gleamed from a bulletin ivacek by the united states department cf of |