Show i I j SUDAN GRASS MAKES I VALUABLE COW FEED That sudan grass gross makes an acceptable acceptable accept accept- able substitute for tor alfalfa when the latter cannot be had Is shown by the results of ot a recent feeding test with dairy dalr cows at nt the Fort Hayes Hajes branch of ot the Kansas experiment station Two lots Jots of four HolsteIn cows each W were fC fed through three twenty twenty day ay periods with ten-day ten transition periods between between between be be- tween each of ot the experimental periods During the first twenty day period one lot was fed alfalfa hay har and the other sudan grass hay The Time hn hays s 's were reversed re for the two lots during the time second twenty-day twenty period and again during Ing the third J period In ad the cows received thirty pounds of ot ka r silage dally daily and a agraIn agrain agrain grain mixture In proportion to their production When the cows were fed arr alfalfa hay they produced 28 pounds or about 13 per cent more milk than when they were vere fed the sudan hay The weights of the cows showed no significant changes as a result of the change In rations The cows seem seemed cd to prefer pleter alfalfa to sudan as ns there was less waste of ot the alfalfa hay Their production production pro pro- ducHon however did not fall a n great deal enl when sudan ha hay was substituted for alfalfa Sudan grass Is used a great deal as asa asa asa a hay and pasture crop In Kansas and the southwest t. t It withstands a dry summer much better than most forage I crops It Is a vcr very useful emer emergency ency hay crop In the corn belt Under Iowa conditions fifteen to twenty pounds of ot seed Reed per acre are used and the crop cropf cropis f la is seeded in early earls June Farmers who have no hay ground round this 3 year ear can make very good use of ot sud sudan n grass g Yields are arc from one to two tons per pel acre |