. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 580 SORGHUM SORGHUM jstry, Bulletins Nos. 14, 20, 26 and 34, Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar from Sorghum. For an interesting historical treatise, see "Sorgho, or the Northern Sugar Plant," by Isaac A. Hedges, Cincinnati, 1863 (204 pages, illustrated). Sorghum-growing. By C. W. Warburton. Sorghum is a drought-resistant crop largely grown in the southern and southwestern United States, and to some extent in other sections, for forage and fo
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 580 SORGHUM SORGHUM jstry, Bulletins Nos. 14, 20, 26 and 34, Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar from Sorghum. For an interesting historical treatise, see "Sorgho, or the Northern Sugar Plant," by Isaac A. Hedges, Cincinnati, 1863 (204 pages, illustrated). Sorghum-growing. By C. W. Warburton. Sorghum is a drought-resistant crop largely grown in the southern and southwestern United States, and to some extent in other sections, for forage and for the production of syrup. The for- age is used as fodder, hay, silage, pasture or for soiling. Sorghum out-yields the best varieties of fodder corn in the South, and is generally con- sidered superior to them for forage production. In the corn-belt it is little grown as a forage crop, but formerly was extensively used in the produc- tion of syrup. The use of sorghum for this latter purpose has rapidly decreased in the last few years owing to the presence on the market of large quantities of cheap glucose syrups, until now the sorghum-syrup industry is an unimportant one. Culture. Soils.— Sorghum is not particular as to soils ; it does well on any rich, well-drained land, but gives best returns on sandy loams or clay loams. As the crop is comparatively a surface feeder, it responds readily to manuring. It has an extensive root system, however, and produces fairly good crops on poor land. Sorghum draws heavily on the moisture and plant-food in the surface soil, and so should not be followed by fall-sown crops. The prevalent idea that this crop is " hard on the land " is largely due to the bad physical condition in which it leaves the soil. If the land is plowed in the fall and put in good condition, the following crop should not be materially lessened because of the sorghum which preceded it. Fertilizers.—For the production of forage, barn- yard manure and the use
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