. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 574 SOILING SORGHUM. Fig. 807. Rack for sheep-feeding. (See also Pigs. 186 and 187, Vol. I.) and by feeding silage and roots in winter the con- ditions of both summer and winter feeding are such as are most conducive to a large and profitable dairy production. Care of stock under soiling. Cleanliness in the stable and the grooming of the cattle are important factors in soiling. When in pasture the hair of the stock is kept clean through rain and wind, but when confined the waste thrown off by the skin must be re- moved by currying in order
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 574 SOILING SORGHUM. Fig. 807. Rack for sheep-feeding. (See also Pigs. 186 and 187, Vol. I.) and by feeding silage and roots in winter the con- ditions of both summer and winter feeding are such as are most conducive to a large and profitable dairy production. Care of stock under soiling. Cleanliness in the stable and the grooming of the cattle are important factors in soiling. When in pasture the hair of the stock is kept clean through rain and wind, but when confined the waste thrown off by the skin must be re- moved by currying in order that the skin secretion of the animals be not interfered with, and that they may thrive under the rather artificial conditions under which they are kept, with the incidental heavy system of feeding and production. Literature. Quincy, Essays on the Soiling of Cattle, New York (out of print); Shaw, Soiling Crops and the Silo, New York (1904); Peer, Soiling Crops and Ensilage, New Y'ork (1900); Nielsen, Ueber Som- mer-stallfutterung, Bremen (1880). Experiment Station publications: Soiling crops for cows: Storr's (Conn.), Bulletin No. 9, Reports 1891,1895 ; Iowa, Bulletins Nos. 15,19, , 27; Kansas, Bulletin No. 125 ; Maryland, Bulletin No. 98 ; Massachusetts, Reports 1887-1891,1893; Mississippi, Bulletin No. 95; New Jersey, Reports, 1897-1904, Bulletins Nos. 122, 158 ; Pennsylvania, Reports 1889, 1904, 1905, Bulletins Nos. 65, 75 ; Wisconsin, Report 1885, Bul- letin No. 103; Ontario (Guelph), Report 1890. Soiling crops for steers: Massachusetts, Report 1893; Utah, Bulletin No. 15. Soiling crops for sheep : Utah, Bulletin No. 15, Report 1892; Wis- consin, Report No. 7. Soiling crops for swine : Michigan, Bulletin No. 223; Oregon, Bulletin No. 80. Fig. 807 from Farm Buildings, Sanders Pub. Co. SORGHUM. Andropngon Sorghum, Brot., or Sor- ghum vulgare, Pers. Gramineos. Figs. 808-814. By Carleton R. Ball. Agriculturally the term sorghum is commonly restricted to the sweet or sacchar
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