Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-01-29

isacea vita seTsAea has arisen from
poor Judgment as for the tine for
the cutting of the crops
lf the seed l. allowed 10 reach a
hard dough stSsc before cutting for
icdder or hay. the rogehaee vin BE-
found much less uAshy or looseainr
in SIS effect both in horses and On
cattle In the localities where the
seed are destroyed BY the sorghum
rnidcs 81 is best 20 let the crop stand
tv-o weeks after the blossominr per
icd. When grow nin cultivated rows
d can ~ cut with a corn knife and
PLACED in large shocks 10 nature.
The roW binder. such as is used or
cora IN the north and west is 1aore
efficient for the harvesting season.
Broadcast OF closely drilled fields
ean Be cut with a mover and curcd
Ike orainay Johnson grass Or tim
othy hay.
For milch COWS and work horses
fifteen - eighteen pounds per cay
o. the fodder hsy vin be sufficient
food if Supplemented BY ordinary
grain raiions Beef cattle should Be
fs dan tAsy Will eat clean. Cotton
seed meal OF some other oonceatrate.
high IN protein and TAT should al
Ways be Ted in connection with the
sorghum rough8Ee. Stock cattle and
horses caa Je carried through the
winter without grain Il they are fed
a liberal Quantity o. sorghum fodder
sorghum can be rastured safely
after il has fully matured; that Is.
after the seed has become hard Il.
should not be pRsiured. however.
during the growing period, as there
Is sometimes formed il The young
plant poison which IS fatal to the
stock This poison is more likely to
ooeur after a period Of drouth- The
second rroEt his usually considered
the more danEerous. and II ;hs stock
are allowed TO pasture OF such so--
Ehum they should be watched care
fully.
Cowpe8s OF SOY beans mixed with
sorghum in broadcast CT drilled
seedlings improve he quality of the
! lay and are valuable especially on
The dairy farm For such planting
The seed should lie mixed in the pro-
4 poruon of three part sot soy beans
CT coEpeas 70 one part Of sorghum
seed. From sixty 10 ninety pounds
O. such a mixture are required 10 an
acre
Cowpeas may BE seeded with the
sorEhuns IL row planting. as they
are in corn II is difEtult to get a
good growth o. eowPeas. however
the lezfy growth o. the sorghum
making the shade TOO dense for the
ooEpeAs Nov mixtures are also a
great deal more difflcElt 10 harvest
50 that il Is usually advisao,e to nil
these crops oaly II broadcast seed
inES
Tor the man who has live stock
and especially for the dairy farmer
. silo is vsry essential AID 10 eroI
uzn Be grown in the eotion belt thai
Eiu produce more good sllage Del
srre than the sorEhums. The var
ious southern states report yields Of
sixteen 10 twenty tons Of sorghum
rilGEs Per acre. and tie Yields aver.
aging trcn tive 10 four tons pei
eyre cte corn.
In FLORIDA and portions O. ths
Other states that border dire~1T O.
The gut japanese cane usually makes
better yields to- sllags than the sorl
huns. but 1orsh ot this rsEion iAs
sorghnnns are more dspsadabis.
The Kansas Agricultural ETPeri.
msnt station In feeding tests has ais
covered that silzgs of sweet sOrg
huns Is bui little inferior pound fol
pound. 70 corn silzEs fer dairy cat
tie .1nd equal O. Superior 10 II fo'
beef cattle Combined with cotton
seed meal. always abundant in the
south. II makes an idezi ration foi
zurh zzizzlE Wien zs.zg Eorghuiz
for Eilses they must be allowed tn b
come fully mature before they ar
harvested
II cui when the seed Is hard ther'
wiz be 10 fro1bis from EpOsli2E o,
from excessive seidity- When using
silEgs Il Is always vel 10 feed SONS
dry ronghzgs in oouneetion with s.
From twenty 10 dirty pounds Of 81
lzge Per cay are considered a faI
fsed. but this should always be suE
pIsmsntsd with twelve 70 sirtee-
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