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the drill or by mixing the Sudan grass seed with bran or some other mill feed in any proportion necessary.

For seeding in cultivated vows 36 to 44 inches apart, 2 to 4 pounds of seed per acre will be found sufficient, while in rows 18 to 24 inches apart, 4 to 6 pounds per acre will be required, the smaller quantity being used, as in the broadcast seedings, for regions of light rainfall.

FIG. 8.—Bundles of Sudan grass, illustrating its rapidity of growth. From left to

right : No. 1, 71 days ; No. 2. 50 days ; No. 3. 42 days ; No. 4. 28 days ; and No. 5, 13 days from date of seeding. Sudan grass should not be cut for hay until It has reached the stage of maturity shown by bundles 1 and 2.

If the crop is intended for hay, enough seed should be used in any case to insure a thick stand of plants in the row. When a seed crop is

desired, the rate of seeding should ordinarily be somewhat less than for a hay crop.

HARVESTING.

The most common way of harvesting the grass for hay is with a mower. It cures readily and can be cut in the morning and if the sun is bright raked up that afternoon or the next day. After bunch- ing, it is placed in cocks, just as with millet, and removed from these