The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-13

Sorghum.
 while it is how too late to plant sor- whum 1t is 1t season to consider the Value and adaptability of this plant and the various methods of curing and utilizing 1t. It Is generally true that the farmer who grows enouEn 2, this crop to make satisfactory triai of the plant seldom abandons the use of Sorghum, but rather increases tne area devoted to it. .ts o, sorrhuni is that occasionally cattLe grazing on 1t are poisoned, wnile ho6s ars never hurt by 1t. nor IS there con plaint of injury to horses, mutes aaaS Sheer. except such occasional case oL colfn' as might occur in grazing on clover. alfalfa, or other standard pas lure plant. 1t is now known through the investigations of some oI une western experiment stations ths. caus of the occasional poisoning ol cattle grazing on sorghum Is the TOT rnation of prusiic acid in certain pianss; which fs most apt to occur m stunleo planfs. This trouble never results from the use of hay y,hanf, and ted naIs case e in wien there was genuine sorghum poiss ontnr where the plants were cut anu carried to the stock.
 Sorghum may be grazed ny noss a any stage from the time 1t is two heet high to the period of complete ripeness. | think that 1t Is usually advisable 70 Lssn the hogs out of the sorghum field until the juice Is sweet. tnaI is. until the heads are well coioreu- [. hoee are placed in a sorghum neio t "a irnportant that they receive m ao- dt+ion some other feed and that tnis snnnlernentary food be rich In nitro zen we need not expect the pest Ie- Ss,its from a ration of corn ana sor- g5mr, for in both there is a deficiency x -eTnfain inc material needed TOT rantd growth and especially for tne Formation of lean meat. insteal
 would be peter to feed with sorgnum a partial ration or co, ? sss wheat shorts. etc.
 yvhan hogs are grazed on sorghum 4hers. "a an enormous amount Of waste in inc plants which they cut doWn ana theh fall to comple.e-y ,tsah,a eoIs to cut sorghum and carry 1t to the gfass pasture or lot in which the hoss ArS kept - .... way to utIlize the crop as green heed Ao1 workinr teams, and for cattle:
 sorrhumt makes an excellent nay n1ant provided the farmer bears m mind that the hay Is deficient m nitEo- zen and that a combination or sor- sSuno hay and corn does not furnish suficient nitrogen. Instead It would be we'll for teams receiving sorghum hav to be fed once day on cowpea or alfalfa hay. in addition 70 the gus 
 The curing of sorghum presents many dificulties, and the only method of avoiding occasional losses or nay or serious Injury to its quality IS 70 ct,t the plant in to short lengths and ~,reaerva it in the sllo. But since si- foa are not numerous on Soutnern farms. 1t is usually necessary to com vert the crop into hay, or at ieast thus to use that part not nesoSd sas s 9Ilare the plants should be allowed n reach or nearly reach maturity.
 when sorghum ig used for hay it may be cut at any stage from the nrst appearance of heads to almost comI ntate ripeness. I prefer to wait until Ina aeed are well colored. In plant. ing eorghum for hay the aim shoul1 be to produce q small stalk. wnicn VII iI ne favored by very thick planting el- ther in drills or broad cast, according 10 the wichnes of the land ana intene- ed ethod of harvesting. The Amper variety affords the smallest ,,tth D. rsower or scythe. or if in drills with eisher of these or with a corn narves- fer The latter Is the most satisIac- forv method of handling large sor- shund that I have tried. When sor- 9hum is tied into bundles by this ma chine 1t must be cured In shocks m the ri1ld, and even aft TX weeL 1Ss when hauled to the barn, unless In the barn the bundles were stood up In vertical position.
 Sorghum hay must remain longer m the awhsh exposed to the sun than any other and after being placed in cocks St shouii remain in the field as long aa practicable, or from five to ten days. Shocks of large ss sorsnums nras tsS rsany ny sav % caps. the shocks VIII need to be open ed after a rain.
 While good sorghum hay can be rnsda under favorable conditions, the difsculties and the risks are serious. Thafefore let us make the utmost use of fhis crop in the green condition. By a succession of plantlngs and Dy shock; ina the green bundles of the late faii erowth it is possible to feed green sor- Ehum here from June l5 to December
 IT. Prevent Cow Sucking Herself.
 Your inquiry Is before us. l think with persistence you can make either rf the two, following methods enect- fya in breaking your Jersey COW or the habit of sucking hersen. tll d dne I,s, nose and throat pies ,. both made pr two thicknesses of leather, with small nails proiecting outward ana having their heads heid ifbicfnessea nEmsy sH of leather. r9 course nail-bearing band around nose and lower jaw must be well down towards the muzzle. (D A surcingte as tha fore legs. To the lower part s,S thts Ia attached a stiff wooden bar. nroiectihg forward between the Tore oss and rather loosel-' attached to the heIter permitting grazing. but not permitting the bending of the head to hf Relative to the drastic method of splitting the hseoouaintant tells m9 that Ss has this tried s5s ana Sss,ra5 saSt R tns sns .SSition to it's brutality I should consider that 1t would involve some SSnrsr if the split were deep enough 10 be effective. j. F. h.
 A rattle Feeding Experiment in Mis-
 slssippi.
 The Mississippi Experiment Station has Issued the results of feeding e-s- srirnent with steers. The cattle were of mixed quality and bought at difer- ent prices, those raised on the farm heinz charged at only two cents per hound. A ration of cotton seed meal and huIls was superior to a mixed ra- Ion including hay and corn meal. The huiis and meal alone produced as good a ouality of beef as corn meal and hay ~ations' Comparing feeding under shel- Ter wita feeding in an open lot the S~A oP dnnra made almost aE