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Show FACTS ABOUT SUDAN GRASS One Remarkable Thing Is That Nobody No-body Is Knocking It Excels As Drought-Resisting Crop. There is one remarkable thing about Sudan grass; nobody is knocking it. When feterlta appeared the hammers were immediately taken up, and that really splendid grain crop for thin soil and dry years had to battle its way to the front, which it did in magnificent shape. Sudan grass and feterita are really companion crops; the one for hay and the other for grain. They ire both easily more drought-resistant than any of the previously known sorghums. A conservative estimate of Sudan grass is that it is decidedly higher in feeding value to cane hay, while at the same time possessing the advantage advan-tage of being finer and easier handled. At least two crops can be cut in an average year. It stools more prolifi-cally prolifi-cally than any other crop, and consequently conse-quently less feed is required. Its feeding value is superior to prairie hay, timothy or any of the known sorghums, but not equal to alfalfa. It can be made to serve as a pasture crop, with good results. Its ability to make a good crop under conditions which no other crop except possibly feterita can withstand should not be overlooked. Apparently there is only one caution to be exercised in taking hold of Sudan grass, and that is to look out for Johnson grass, which is very similar in appearance, and which is a pest except where it freezes out |