Forage Crops Other Than Grasses
by Thomas Shaw
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217477239
Paperback|9780217477239
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. SORGHUM. Sorghum (S. vulgare saccharatum) was introduced into the United States from China, and also from South Africa, more than forty years ago. For many years it was grown only for the syrup made from its juices. But within the last decade, and even for a longer period, considerable attention has been given to growing it as a food for live stock in certain centers and in various sections of the country. It is a wonderful plant. It can be grown to provide cane for making syrup in every state in the Union. It is one of the best soiling foods that we have. It furnishes fodder of an excellent quality for live stock, when fed in the autumn and winter, more especially the early winter, and it is one of the best forage plants that we shall ever have. The seed of sorghum can also be turned to good account as food for all kinds of domestic animals kept upon the farm. But it is as a forage plant that it will be discussed at this time. Sorghum grown for fodder is seen in Fig. 4. Although this plant, as just intimated, has hitherto been grown chiefly for the syrup which could be extracted from it, in the near future it is more than probable that a much larger area will be grown to furnish food for live stock than to furnish syrup. In some of the states in the Mississippi basin, on both sides of the river, in the Gulf states and in Texas, more or less of it has been grown for years to provide forage for cattle and swine; but, so far as known to the author, it has not been grown until recently as forage for sheep; and yet there is no other class of live stock which are capable of turning sorghum pasture to better account. During the winter of 1893-4 the author sought diligently for information as to the adaptability of sorghum as a pasture plant for sheep, bu...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217477239 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217477232 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.36 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 156 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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