The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-03-26
Milo BTaize and Amber Cano.

PoRT GIBsoN, Miss, Feb. 12, 1885.
DIR. ID. l.. PnAREs--Dear Sir:
IN j, Give us anarticle on Early Am
Der cane and Milo Maize-how TO
plant, when aud where? 1t has been
some time siuee articles, on these were
published in your paper, and I have
mislaid or cannot find the articles in
my back knumbcrs. f i. "
q. 1 want TO plant so as to come in
June, in. order to save buying feed
corn and oats--about that time.
3. How would corn and oats ground
together, mixed With cotton seed meal
8do3 for seed? In what proportion
would you mix for mules making
crops? H.. - ..,. -
& have ordered seed Milo Maize and
Amber cane already.
Yours truly, CHAs. S. KENNARD.
ANSWER. Il. Early Amber sorghum
q variety of sorghum saccharatum.
There are many varictics-all used
Z Doth for syrup and forage. The amber
is one of the, earliest and soltcst and
well suited for both purposes.
z Milo Maize is. variety of sur
!, ghum YulgarcN or. Dura corn used only
for forage and the grain, which OK
tensively used for bread, cakes, etc.
Both these plants may be planted in
April as soon as safe from frosts. but
y do best ifsplantcd after the ground
warns up or on soil nsturallv drain
ed and warm. They grow well on
any land where. corn, oats, ETC., thrive
best, ! the planting he delayed till
May, the seed may be thinlv sown
broadcast on well prepared land. But
if planted before the ground gets
Z warm as on poorly prepared land, the
seed should be thinIy drilled or drop
! ped, every foot in rows three or four
feet apart according to the quality
OF the laTd, SO as to allow cultivation.
Either may be cut several times,
renewing its growth rapidly after cut,
ting. Beginning atso ono side of the
patch, cut only enough at one time for
y days lations. BY tbc time the patch
has been passed .over'in this way the
plants atltbe starting place are ready
fora second and richer cutting.
Both plants tillcr or sucker much
Sse milo maize or OurH corn) also
branching much. Sec n paragraph on
this latter in last issue of tho JoW,'ual
page 369, where it Is stated that this
plant yields from 10 to 100 tons oI
green fodder per aero. or course
this means the sum of the several
cuttings for one season. 1t is, there.
5 FORE not strange that Hcrodotus feared
to state in his History the size and
Yield of this plant on tho plain OF
aDura where he saw it growing luxu.
riently.
For fuller discnssiom Of the subject
see the farmers Book of Grasses,
pages I04, 105 aud ala to III inclu.
Siye. 1t has long since been conceded.
for centuries indeed, that this plant
tindeI whatever now name it assumes,
or rather is imposed on it for mcr.
cenary purposes, yields larger
amount of food for man and beast, Uaan
any other sereal,
Both the plants should be cultivated
about like corn, whenp plantedin rows,
On warm land in good heart, the cut
ting may begin in May.
German Inillet also is,a plantthat
would suit your special purpose, being
ready 50 cut in best condition I'm GO
days, often less time from date OF
planting. Sow one bushel per acre
broadcast tits an exceedingly rich
teed aud makes n very large yield on
s good land,
Equal parts by weight Of corn
and eats grg,und together, and 20 every
~ pounds One pound of cotton seed