Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-01

from 1880 to $500 per bushel (. o. b.
the seed house.
In case hay or forage crop is de-
sired rather than corn, sorghum. eth
er sweet or grain, should be grown
All the sorghums stand drouth well.
thrive in hot weather and produce
more total feed than the early corn.
The sweet sorghum. the kind used
for molasses, is generally considered
best for hay sorghum but where grain
is desired or crop for the silo is
wanted the grain sorghum is recon-
mended Grain Black
hull White Kaffir. Feterita and Dwarf
Early Milo-will all make good forage
and may, if a favorable season pre-
walls, produce a good crop when seed
ed as late as July l to 10. Sweet
CIRCUMSTANCES Early Amber. and
Orange-are excellent for forage or
hay and may be seeded as late as the
grain sorghums.
Methods of Planting-If the sor-
ghums are to be grown for silage,
plant in rows SO to AZ inches apart
with a one or two row corn planter.
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per acre. For hay the row method is
all right and is frequently used, but
the seed may be scattered broadcast
and narrowed in, or sowed with
wheat drill at the rate of 25 to 40
pounds per are.
Are soy beans and cowpeas adapted
to late anting2-Cowpeas are per-
haps better adapted than soy beans
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They will make good hay or pasture
crop IT they become established before
dry weather sets in. Cowpea Yields
in N. Missouri are seldom sufficient to
make seed production profitable but
they will make excellent forage.
Whippoorwill cowpeas C115 days. is
a standard variety excellent for gener-
al use and for emergency planting,
but should be planted before July l.
The New Era, an early maturing $50
to 80 day. variety, may be seeded as
late as July Is for hay and will ma
ture seed when sown as late as July /.
How cowpeas should be seeded
That depends upon the use of the crop,
the kind of soil and the amount of seed
availale. On good soil, free from
weeds, where hay or pasture is de-
sired, sow broadcast so pounds per
acre. with wheat or oat drill. On
soil that may become weedy or need
cultivation and where it is not de-
sirable to use so much seed, use 20 to
30 pounds per acre, in rows 80 to 40
inches apart. A crop grown in rows
will usually need two or three cult
vations
Is miilet suitable for late season
cr0pY-Millet is fairly good hay crop
where one wants to SOW very late to
get some rough feed In general.
millet should not be used if any of the
foregoing crops can be grown. Sudan
grass will produce more roughage
than millet and its feeding value is
about equal to that of timothy and is
superior to millet. Millet should be
sown from 20 to 40 pounds to the acre
depending upon the methods of seed
ing and the quality of seed German
and Common are considered the best
millet
How should Sudan grass be sowna
Sudan grass is related to the sor-
ghums. 1t thrives in hot weather and
can stand most severe drouth. This
grass Should be seeded early in June.
but when seeded as late as July l, it
will produce one good cutting and
perhaps two, if favored by very late
fall. Sudan may be drilled broadcast
at the rate of 20 to 80 pounds per acre
or seeded in rows at the rate of to 4
pounds per acre
VIII navy beans payl-That is an
other good crop and one that pays
well-when it does pay-but one is
taking some chances in attempting to
grow navy beans in Missouri So far
as the time required to mature a crop
is concerned they are admirably suited
but thev are better adapted to the
northern states. If navy beans are
subjected to severely hot. dry weather
accompanied by hot winds at the time
the beans are in bloom, they will prob
ably produce little if any seed. The
secretary of the State Corn Growers
Association, Columbia, Mo-, will sup
ply names of those having navy bean
seed for sale.
Additional information regarding
emergency short season crops may be
had by addressing. Agricultural Elk
tension Service. College of AgMcuI-
ture, Columbia Mo.