This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...warmer sections of the U. S. but not to the higher and cooler portions. It is be The young plants are able to withstand light frost without serious injury but they do not thrive when planted before the soil is reasonably well warmed up in the spring. If seed is to be the main crop, planting should be in drilled rows from 18-44 inches apart at the rate of 2-6 pounds of seed per acre. The width of rows and the amount of seed to be olanted will depend on the soil, but seed will come up from a somewhat greater depth in very loose soil. For hay the seed should be drilled or broadcasted at the rate of 16-24 a little early in order to give the following crop more time. In some sections three or four crops are harvested annually since, under suitable conditions, the new growth springs up very quickly after cutting. Yields range from 1-8 tons per acre, depending on conditions under which it is grown. The seed crop is an important one in many sections and is harvested with the ordinary grain binder. The bundles are placed in shocks and left to cure like grain. If well matured before cutting, an ordinary thrashing machine or a clover huller may be used for thrashing the seed. The yield of seed runs from 400-2000 pounds per acre and at past prices has been very remunerative to the grower. The day of extremely high prices is probably past in this country, however. The high yield of sweet, palatable, nutritious, green feed makes Sudan grass a most desirable soiling crop. The very large number of stalks sent up by each plant so soon after cutting enables a small acreage to produce an unusually large amount of succulent feed. Early experiments with this crop in Oregon, as reported in U. S. Farmers' Bulletin 605, Sept. 1914, do not offer much promise for Sudan grass in this ...