The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-23

taken In connection with lhe fact that
Il Is Il hay crop aud capable of making
fine Yields Ou the upland farms Of the
west.
Evidently IL can be made TO serve
as II pasture crop II provision Is made
for changing from one field to another.
A test was made al Dodge city kan,
during the season uf 1914 Cows were
turned into IA three acre sudan grass
pasture on the 2ith day OF June. The
grass had been seeded ON the 10Th day
OF May. From June "A TO July $
enough cows were pastured on this
plat Of sudan grass to amount TO 80
days Of pasture for one animal. They
were then taken Off and the grass nj
lowed 10 grow until July - when
II WAS again gralcd until August T.
They were again turned on Septem
brr IL aud taken Oft September
II, making In all a PASTURE for one
COW from this three acres Of su-
duu grass 10 the umuunl Of $40 days.
Il is claimed that for pasture it should
be- planted In rows 80 that stock will
walk the middlcs IN grazing, and be
Ink In rows gives opportunity for cul-
ttyatlon II necessary.
Sudan grass has every appearance
Of johnson grass. In fact, It is al
most complete counterpart except
that It is an annual and has no tuher
root, 10 reproduce itself on the same
field next year whether you want 1t
on not Coming from Egyptian Sou
dan In the southeast corner Of the
sahara desert, the same country from
which we secured our fcterH seed,
there Ia no reason for dOubtiug the
ability Of sudan grass to be as much
ut home rs any crop can be I'm making
4 crop under short or Irregular rain
fall conditions such as are common
over the Plains country.
II may be nude to serve as hog
pasture, but ] am incliaed to think
that IL would have to be- handled
carefully aud pastured closely aud
frequently. met Il few Eieu Who
had this last season pastuled hogs ON
sudan grass. lurh Of them said the
boz, did we'll without grain. None
ur hem, however, we're able tu com
pare II with alfalfa UA q pasture crop,
hut each ut them -uld h was far su.
prriur lu cane This leads one 10
believe that tIr feed analysis which
shows thc high protein content 9ny
be- true one thing sure 1t would be-
more nearly true for "a pasture crop
for hogs eating down clusv the
young growth lhlu FOR the value OF
mature hay In fuct the protein
content for the thrr,hcd hay np.
prurs to be- but about half that
Of the hay m whatever stage the
analysis was made from witch Nr
have taken tho figures giyu above
But regardless or this difference.
every mnu with whom have talked
aud all who have written about the
way stock Ike to eat II, say that the
thrrshed hay Is consumed completely
aud with evident relish 10y cattle.
mules and hQ scs
AZ Chillicuthe they told me this
grass would germlnHtc at us low Il
temperature as corn. But 1t IS d very
slow grower In early life. rsIFclally
under low temperature conditions. The
danger from weeds would suggest
waiting until II will get lp aud 20
along. II being a huy crop however.
the longer YOU can have II growing
In one season the more hay you ere
going to get with favorable rain
fall, three cuttings may be- had almost
anywhere In Oklahoma and Texas.
Folks have been 80 anxious tU make
seed that but little information is
/ available for the time tO cut for most
hay In one Senson Everywhere dur
| Ing the last season the first crop had
/ been allowed tO 20 tO seed 80 as 10
be sure To get one crop NJ seed any
way, but the conclusion seemed very
general when you would put the ques
ton 10 them, that they should have
cut the first crop for hay. just about
boOtlng time and thus secured a
heavier aud more even growth for the
second and seed cutting.
The tendency Of the crop Is to nd.
Just Itself automatically to the soil
and moisture conditions VI the field
In which It Is planted. II makes frun
ten to several hundred stalks from one
seed, II would seem from this the
plan would be- 10 SOW rs thin as you
possibly can, cut II early and take ad-
vantage " It's suckerIng ability to get
more stalks for the second crop. The
report comes from one man who
planted three acres with one pound
Of seed and made fine yield Of seed
and hay All the seed produced IN
1914 should be planted this year Seed
seems IN be coming down In reach Of
Hu ordinary purse