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used in America. They have been
used more in Europe, where lands
are higher-priced and man labor
less expensive. Soiling crops are
useful where land is scarce or high
priced. A succession of annual crops,
HE two qualities o Mhe ghums feady cutting and feeding green to
which recommendahem-tor siiagethe
are their resistance iu constantly with green feed for the
especially UUJ largest part of the
. i l,;.lr oc the nrnlifie
Up iManteu jr- r
"" ieties.probably'lO.per cent thicker
I nla-re than for gram alone is. as
'thicker, as they should be
Dia
The Sorghum for Silage
T
sorghums
rain-
a, cnrr.harine and grain
.4.:c nf insufficient
fall for large corn production, and
even in those sections of abundant
rainfall the sweet sorghums will pro
duce a larger tonnage and more feed
value per acre on the average"or thin
lands of the boutn.
"Cut out that scythe and hour glass," de
manded Father Time.
"But," protested the artist, "I have pic
tured you that way for years."
"True. But this is altogether a different
year. You want to portray me with a ma
chine gun and a gas mask."
year will enable
land to produce more feed than in
any other way. When the acreage is
small, much more feed is obtained in
this way than by pasturing. But the
handling of the green feed and giving
it to the cows daily is expensive in
labor. The abundance of cheap lands;
especially in the South, and the-high
For many years the sorghums nave cost of labor in handling soiling crops
been largely used for silage 'in the have limited their use in the South
southwest but in recent years the use to short periods of dry or short pas-
of the sweet sorghums has very tures, generally occurring in the fall,
greatly increased throughout the or to fall-sowed crops for use during
middle south and the southeast. For the early spring before the regular
practically all lands in the South, ex- pastures have reached their best
cept extremely rich soils, and possibly stage for grazing. The crop most gen-
for them also, we are convinced that erally used in the South to help out
the large growing, sweet sorghums, short pastures is sorghum,
such as the Gooseneck (falsely named While soiHng crQps haye thdr law
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane) and the on the. Southern 'dairy farm, for the
Honey (incorrectly called Japanese purposes stated it is very probable
Ribbon Cane) are the best silage that for furnishing succulent feed for
crops, not even excepting the best dairy cows either in summer or win.
silage varieties of corn. ter the silo si10Ui(i be given first
For silage the sweet sorghums may place,
be planted pretty thick in the rows :
and a neavy yieiu ui lumgc ptuuuv,tu.
The one important condition which
must not be disregarded in the use of
the sweet sorghums for silage is that
the crop must be allowed to mature
before it is put in the silo.
Mixtures of Crops for Silage
THERE is a very generally accepted
belief that a mixture of two or
more crops, sucl; as corn and sor
ghum, or corn , and soy beans, pro
duces a larger tonnage or a better
silage than either corn or sorghum
alone. It is possibly true that a heav
ier tonnage and more feed value is"
produced by a mixture of corn and
sweet sorghum than of sorghum alone,
but we have serious doubts of this.
However, there is no objection to the
mixture of these crops in case. One
thinks a heavier tonnage is produced,
provided the sorghum is allowed to
thoroughly mature. But as a rule,
unless the early, smaller growing va
rieties of sorghum are used, they do
not mature sufficiently by the time
the corn is ready to go into the silo.
Our observations indicate that where
the two are planted together the thick
ill. 4 ill 1 1 1 ( r rArA a m a m i
yitvcms uic cum num man.
many ears' and the yield of feed is
consequently probably inferior to
what is produced when corn is grown
alone.
There is also a popular idea that the
mixing of corn or sorghum, especially,
corn, with some legume, such as soy
wans, improves the quality of the
sdage and increases the feed value'
obtained.
There are two facts which tend to
Prevent the realization of the results
which theoretically
n th? miing of corn and soy beans
r silage. First, there is difficulty in
"any cases in getting the two crops
to mature at the same time and neith
er will wait long on the o,ther without
I0fs. The second objection to this
fixture of corn , and soy beans for
s'ge applies to all legumes. These
P'ants, rich in protein, for some rea
son do not make as satisfactory silage
hLTn 'orrsorum. The, silage is
T lnd often appears to have gone
trough such a fermentation or other
y "jess that it appears almost "rot-
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