The Newtown bee., 1894-07-06

inches from each other in the row, so as to have room to grow to about an inch in diameter. Cover with log and then roll. Sorghum, being half tropical plant, loves warm weather. If planted too early it will do nothing, while grass and weeds grow up and usurp it's place. But give it an even start in warm wealth CT, and with small amount of cultiva- tion it will outgrow and smother every thing else. It never stops growing dur ing the severest drouth.
 About the time the saccharine is ma tured, as for molasses, in good time be- fore frost, we cut it with corn knives and shock it in the field, where it stays until fed to the cattle from the wagon. To prevent the fodder from molding, make the shock small at first, and let it cure before finishing. The shocks should finally be large and tightly tied near the top, as the juice is then pre- served in the stalk, and kept from freez- ing and drying. Cured in this way, sor- ghum forms our principal provender for cattle from September till March, the stalks being scattered thin on the sod
 land when the cattle are turned out ID the
 morning. It is best that they have their
 grain ration earlier, as they should not
 get at the sorghum when very hungry i; nor, indeed, is it claimed for sorghum
 that it should take the place of every
 thing else. If COW were allowed all
 the sorghum she would eat when raven
 ously hungry, she might bloat; but we have never had any trouble in this re-
 pect when sorghum is used as above ad-
 vised, and have carried from 75 to loo
 head of cattle through the winter during
 the past six or eight years.
 The cattle commence at the seed end
 first. and chew the stalk until they get
 enough for cud, then cut it off, swal' low, pick up the same stalk, and begin again, until the entire stalk is consumed We have fed good deal of it where the
 stalks were over eight feet in length The b,ade and seed are of course gooC ? food. but are less in quantity than tbt stalks.
 Sorghum may be used to advantag'
 as food for horses, mules and hogs A and the seeds are excellent for poultry U Cattle and hogs, however, should neve be fed upon sorghum together; hog . :. take out the juice, and when cattle ca the dry pulp and fibre which they refuse Z. then rumen of the COW cannot manage it This is so with sorghum as well as wit : the stalk of the common field corn. W A plant the Amber because it contain e more sweetness than any of the othe e kinds we have tried. BuG if cut in tn immature state and cured into hay, ,, many persons advise, there is scarcel anything left but woody fibre, whic ' contains only small amount of nutr
 tive substance.
 When cultivated and fed as above il
 dicated. sorghum makes three times
 much food to the acre as anything els 10 the farm grows. The cattle are yer ,r fond of it too, preferring it to all oth' SC provender. Many good farmers refui 50 to raise sorghum, because they say it e: to hausts land. Though it would see 2. that if it produces double or trip of crop, we might afford to give that bit C. land a clover rotation. The time f IL planting is very convenient too, aft ed most of the tobacco is set, and the col ed crop sometimes very nearly laid by. V nd have had fine sorghum planted as late. H. the middle of June. Soil of mediu m fertility will make the sweetest se he ghum. Very rich land causes such " luxuriant growth that the stalks gets Ns little sunshine, and consequently " Jet lnot be so sweet.
 'ix At best, however, 1t is not claimed f