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slieep at the rate of 22 head per acre. The sheep made gains of one- ' third of a pound a day while on the pasture, and no injurious effects were noted.

Sudan grass is also one of the best pasture grasses for irrigated lands in the Southwest. On the Yuma Experiment Farm at Bard. Calif., a small area of about 8 acres was pastured for six months in

FIG. 9.—Cows pasturing on irrigateâ Sudan grass at Bard, Calif.

1915 with milk cows and work horses. (Fig. 9.) The field was di- vided in halves and each half pastured alternately in periods of 2 to 3 weeks. The grass was irrigated in each case as soon as the animals were removed. The field maintained an average of three head per acre in good condition throughout the entire period.

In Australia Sudan grass was compared with Dallis grass as a pasture for dairy cows. Although the cows were turned on the