lo Farmers' Bulletin II rrmililfs. hrit tliisil lontof < tivofuitctionssecôodsto.disttppou pii.mpilv when the feed \a chafed. Under irrigation atmih of Oregon ami Wyoming, Sudan ; exodlent crop to m fi>r imsiii with alfulfn. Tidda of cored hay ohtained un.lei • ilifíiniiti muí Aii/.niva have becoQ equal and in sum.' u-tT than thoM from alfalfa. At Chico, Calif., Sudan p w lien irrigated ield of 0.8 tons of cored imy per acre, »-<'iiiiipared wiöi ■ yield >>( ' w>. ; ions of alfalfa hay; and at Bard, <'Hlif., in the artreme louthern end oi the StatejSodan graM on favorahleaoi] pis I of s tuiiH »if hay par acre, M oompared with 7.'» tons of alfnlfn The jrkdd of s toas ¡it this place trai obtained from graai planted almost, a month later than if. ahould have been Ai Phoenix, the yield of Sudan M 7.8 tons per acre, aa compared uith a \ it'M of B.8 tons of alfalfa, ami at Owens, Ariz., Sudan gl nade a yield of 1.5 tona per acre Nvith only our irrigation during the m.

muaual yielda of hay from an annual crop, which b; nature ran be made to (it into any rotation, will no doubt mean murh to the dairying induatry of the Southwt .¡>t to beaomewhal greater in Sudan gratis than iu alfalfa w hrn the uciL,'lits arc taken directly from the lid.I, but lew labor to bandle the Sudan gran beeanae the maximum yield from it is aecured in three cuttings, while with the alfalfa fire of more cuttings are required to produce the yiel.U Mone.l. Sudan ■ the only gram which yields ander irrigation in theSoulh-I en ai>|iro\imately as much as alfalfa. It can he Dsed, th. fore, m providing a champe of feed without reducing the tonna obtained from the land. Suda »raa found just in time to fill tin-, n 1, and although it is not as rich in protein as alfalfa. e\|icricnce indicates that when mixed with alfalfa or fed with -omc c.mccntralc rtcli m protein the (low of milk will be nearly or quite normal.

SUDAN GRASS AND LEGUME MIXTURES.

.iahilii\ of Suda for growing in mistures with cowpea-, wy beans, and other legumea in regiona to which Sudan gr and these legumm are well adapted is at once ¡ipparent. (1) Sudan gras-s grows stricth erect, with a stem stiff enough to support ihe vines characteristio of most legumea, and it thus makes the harvesting easier hy keeping the legumes off the ground. 11 also allows them to cure mora quickly by preventing the leaves from matting. (3] li Urn in protein, which is abundant in the legumes, and thus a wallbalanced mixture h produced, (■'!) The yields, although they are DOt often as great aa when Sndii is seeded alone, arc mote valuable, as the feeding value of the hay is considerably enhanced