The Brinkley argus., 1916-04-07

omist, University of Arkansas.
 The sorghum family with it's many groups and varieties has been intro duced into this country and developed because of the power to withstand dry weather. make large yields, and be- cause of the various uses It is grown for at least four distinct purposes. for syrup, for hay and forage, for grain, and for brooms. The main uses in Arkansas are for the first two, al, ( Though growing some of the kinds for < grtin and brooms is done in a limited Was. The sorghums may be divided 1nto two broad groups: First, sweet Qr saccharine, or those which contain large amount of juice rich in sugar, rOrl which syrup is made; Second, lon saccharine or those which do not 3Dntain the sweet juices as the kaflrs md broom-corn.
 Amber, orange, sumac or red top, oney or Japanese seeded, and Texas U6eded ribbon are the common varie zles of sweet sorghums grown The nber is the earliest and does not Ike the yield that the others make Though if it is grown early it may be E fer nay twice during the season 1Ae sumac, honey and Texas seeded j. I6bon are all later maturing and are usually used for syrup and where large yields of forage or silage ts wanted Texas seeded ribbon is es- pecially prized for the large amount of syrup that 1t produces.
 The method of planting varies with the use to which these sorghums are 4xto be put. For syrup tne planting Is NDein rows 36 to AZ inches apart 1S six to eight pounds of seed to 6<acre The worst objection to nm for hay is the fact that it fs to cure, and that the stems are \ Se This difficulty can be elimf Y to some extent by seeding x kIy or broadcasting about bushel eed 10 the acre Careful tests In fisas showed that an acre of sor' @ghum put up as silage made more gains with beef animals than an acre if corn used as silage.
 nndan grass. which has been intro Sd within the last few years, and TOT grass are very closely relat- They will mix with each other with the other sorghums John Sraes has large underground stems A er ables it to spread and become 1nus pest in many sections. Su- l 1nss has fibrous roots like wheat s3 n. lives for only one year and 8 become a pest. Sudan has IF leaf than Johnson grass and &l<nt is more coarse.
 &<R promises to be one of our hay crops. It makes three or fnttngs during the season and
 4harvesting is done just as the fs heading out it makes a splen- 8aed. although not so rich in mus
 king as cowpeas or clover. M % pounds of seed per acre
 Fl, or 4 to pounds of seed 6ws 30 to 36 inches wide, has been m0mro |, the best amount.
 re its persistent habit it Is
 Ad, sable to seed Johnson
 &n clt tn soil. but on lands that
 I0ad hecome infested it can
 l6 lost profitable crop. On
 nofls the three or four yearly & Vi | &1uake us much feed as 6 ker crop.
 mic 4eterita and shallu are
 um f small way for grain
 Tor , altho lgh they are not
 n ory, especially in the I VI X4e 4 .4n
 fs ail 10 make seed due to
 ! rnfnonIy known as blight,
 Sansed by small midge nr
 kich lays it's egg in the
 f it opens. The egg Sto miniature worm which St&#fhe seed from forming
 do great deal ot damage
 ou the seed As a forage
 xro is generally inferior
 eef ;orghums Feterita is
 an fir or milo and does
 uch forage although if jy may make seed when
 Sfp Shallu, also known
 eat. is inferior in quan-
 al of forage and in the
 ain, although the &Mk ea generally causes an
 tf le yield to be too high N#l Tin Farmers Bulletins 4A Ire ad: "Gorghum Syrup M (n No. AT; Better Grain be No. AS: "Kafr as 1{xh 552; Uses of Sor-
 IfAa. 6S6; Broom Corn"
 Hs l Grass as a Forage
 M 1E Saccharine Sorghums