Sudan Grass. 17 a little earlier each time, four cuttings can be obtained during the same period. This was done at Chillicothe, Tex., in 1912. A plat was seeded April 26 and the following cuttings obtained : Date of cutting.

Juno 22 July 17 August 21)... October 14..

Total.

Yield per acre. C.rowinB period.

rounds. Days. 2,140 67 1.810 25 3,050 34 1,800 85 It is quite probable that an equally large yield of hay of better quality would have been obtained from three cuttings, as this would have given time for each cutting to reach the proper stage of maturity.

It will be noted in Table I that Sudan grass can be expected to make an average yield of 2J tons in the Northern and Central States and about 4 tons of hay per acre in the Southern States. These yields were obtained without irrigation. When irrigated, the yields compare favorably with those of alfalfa. In a few localities millet has given a slightly larger crop than Sudan grass, but comparisons between the two crops in such cases have been based on one cutting only. When the very much better quality of the Sudan grass hay and the possibility of two or more cuttings in the Southern States are taken into account there is little doubt that this grass will replace millet as the most widely used catch crop.

SOILING AND SILAGE. Sudan grass is admirably suited for use as a soiling crop, since it makes a large yield and is very palatable in the green state. By this method of feeding, a small area in the South, where the rainfall is adequate or where irrigation is possible, can be made to support a goodly number of animals. Large yields are secured under irrigation, because the growth is so rapid and the recovery from cutting so prompt.

The use of Sudan grass for silage will no doubt be limited, owing to the ease with which it can be made into hay, to the fact that there is but little waste in feeding it as hay, and to the larger silage yields of the sorghums and corn. The Oklahoma experiment station 1 has conducted some experiments with Sudan grass silage. A considerable number of analyses were made which showed that Sudan grass silage was about the same in chemical composition as corn silage. Sheep did not relish the silage as well as they did corn silage, but they liked it equally as well as they did the silage made from grain sorghums.

'Francis, C. K., and Friodemann, W, O Okla. Agr. Exp. Sta Bui. 115, 8 p. 1917.