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\i the [ndiana Agricultural Experimenl Station Sudan grass \\mnol ;i success, :iis shown by the reporl of Mi \l. 1.. Fisher.

!• biij ii plainly, I think Sudan no) worth the room It leasl such Is its ruerll this presenl year Ii Ims I d a wel Reason anil, ol it could nol show droughl resisting qualities ii is nol al all equal i" mlllel or sorghum. The plants which l ii.i \ • grown this year are d tall and oever appeared n> be verj thrift] I raised -Johnson grass some few years ago and the Sudan grass seems i" be about the same tor this section as ili«' Johnson grass. I think the plnnl would no< furnlsb two cuttings In ilii-. section, although l have uol wade an efforl i" determine thai point OHIO, Ai the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Sudan grass was tested in comparison with millets and —« »i-rl 1 1 1 1 1 1 — . Prof. C. G. Williams gave the results as follows: The yield of the Sudan grass and .1 few competitoi iir drj « Sudan grass 3 88 Hungarian millet 2 26 German mlllel •". 55 Japan barn] ard mlllel f I s Early Amber sorghum 8. 75 We di.l nol gel .1 chance to tesl them < >ni under droughty conditions, for we bad anything bui ;i drought this season. 1 am nol able to give any opinion its ability to furnish i\\" crops, as we <ii>l nol cul ii early for a si nd crop. "% *i 1 Bee thai it compared very favorably with the millets. We have tested ii as to quality <t palatabillty.

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Prof. W. R. Dodson, of the Louisiana State Experimenl Station, tested Sudan grass in L912 and reported as follows: Two rows, each •">|HI feel long, were planted al iii«-experimenl station al Baton Rouge. The flrsl cutting \\:is made when the grass w:i- 5 to 6 feel high; the second, August 26, when l to a feel bigb; and third cutting was expected. The grass was cul each time when it was beading out Prof. Dodson estimates the first crop al :> > tunper acre and the second al 2 tons. A pi rtion "I" 1 1 1 * • row lefl to mature failed in produce seed, doubtless owing to the work of the sorghum midge. In ;i later reporl the opinion i- expressed thai " we can safely count on two I cuttings :uiil one moderate cutting."

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For tlu 1 Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station Mr. A. II. Wright reported afollow 9 : The Sudan cim>s grew well, reaching :i height of 6 t" 1 oaturing 8 ni 10 days earlier than any other sorghum. The plats were small, _' rows [Clr. U.-.l