Show New grass known As Alum discovered haa been a lot of interest and curiosity aroused in the State concerning a grass known as sorghum Lloyd Utah State University Extension Agent for Duchesne County Is a controversial grass and it farmers have become quite confused by the Information they have read about Advertisements and some farm magazine and newspaper articles have been very enthusiastic k about Other published information lias indicated that it might possibly become a serious weed since it is a hybrid cross between grass and A fear that the grass might become noxious in Utah prompted the State Agricultural Commission to ban sale of the seed in Utah pending further study by Utah State University said Sorghum alum grass has been planted at about 30 different locations in the A recent tour of these plantings was From these observations and information gathered from other Loius Extension the following Some of the claims of what the grass will do have been The yield is not High production of forage was evident on some sites and low production on As a silage it appears to produce less food per acre than corn silage on irrigated There is some danger from prussic acid poisoning if the plants are grazed following a Sorghum alum is claimed to be a perennial information from other states indicates that we may expect it to except in the warmer parts of the This will require a check on the Utah plantings next spring to Observation indicates that the plants can spread by underground the quality makes Johnson grass such a Sorghum alum seed and Johnson grass seed are so much alike that they cannot be told There is no way for a farmer to tell what kind of seed he is purchasing or Farmers in Duchesne County who have tried sorghum alum this year are Bruce Hartman of Altamont and Austin Bro-kaw of The general opinions of these farmers is that it seemed to be favorable to drough but would not equal com for |