Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . ghum kernel smut (Sphacelotheca sorghi) is a diseasecaused by a fungus which destroys the individual is easily prevented by either of the followdng methods: (1) by soaking the seed for planting for one hour in a solu-tion of 1 ounce of formahn for each 2 gallons of water; or (2) by scalding the planting seed for 10 to 12 minutesin water kept at a temperature between 134° and 140° of these treatments kills the germs of the diseasewithout injuring the seed. 2?A SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS Saccharine or Sweet Sorghums 214. Descriptio
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . ghum kernel smut (Sphacelotheca sorghi) is a diseasecaused by a fungus which destroys the individual is easily prevented by either of the followdng methods: (1) by soaking the seed for planting for one hour in a solu-tion of 1 ounce of formahn for each 2 gallons of water; or (2) by scalding the planting seed for 10 to 12 minutesin water kept at a temperature between 134° and 140° of these treatments kills the germs of the diseasewithout injuring the seed. 2?A SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS Saccharine or Sweet Sorghums 214. Description and uses. — The sweet sorghums are8 to 12 feet high, and are distinguished from other classes ofsorghum by the great abundance of sweet juice in the stem. Sugar millet is a local name sometimes given to thesweet sorghums, although this plant is not a millet. Whenthe word sorghum is used alone, it usually refers to thesweet sorghum. This group is used for the production of sirup as well asfor green and cured forage. It is treated in this book. Fig. 115. — On Left, Three Heads of Amber Sorghum; on Right,Two Heads of Red Kafir. only as a sirup crop, its cultivation and curing for feedingpurposes belonging to l^ooks on forage plants. Sorghumhas been used to a very limited extent as a source of sugar, THE SOBGIIUMS but in this respect it cannot compete with sugar-cane andsugar-beets. As a sirup plant, sorghum is most extensively grown inthe northern part of the cotton-belt and in the regions alittle farther north. Even in the region where sugar-canesucceeds, some sorghum sirup is made, for two reasons:(1) that sorghum grows on poorer land than does sugar-cane, and (2) that it affords sirup 1 to 2 months earlier inthe fall than does sugar-cane. The sirupfrom the latter is superior both in jieldand cjuality. 215. Varieties.—There are many vari-eties, which may be divided into foursub-groups differing chiefly in the formof head and the color and covering ofthe seed: — (1) A
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