Sudangrass Is Excellent Supplemental Pasture In Summer
ing It is a warm weather crop, grass of silage, gieen feeding or complete mixed fertilizer in giazing are possible during the
so it should not be seeded until hay, you can expect a yield of much the same manner as corn season.
Pastures probably look good the soil is warm, probably June about 10 tons of green forage or It mU duce the hlghest Hlgh quahty past ure from
right now. but how will they 3 ° f ** aCre ’ elds - be more evenly grazed tall-growing peiennial grass
produce in July and August’ ate as Ju y , out will not pro- Of the varieties tried in Penn and better utilized if divided in- legume mixtures, or silage
If your pastures are like most, UC f , tnaximum yields when sy j van i ai p iper 1S s tiH one of the to two or more areas, each being made from surplus early pas-
Ihey’U probably need help this seectea tnis late- " best. It is high m yield, leafy, grazed off in rotations and ture, is normally more econo-
Summer from supplemental pas- How much should you plant 9 relatively resistant to leaf given a chance to recover Plant- mical than sudangrass, provid
ture, and Piper sudangrass is Under normal conditions, when diseases, and low in prussic mgs may also be staggered at mg there is enough of these to
the best summer seeded annual omwn Tirmia ,.,iv tm- c.mnlp acid Several sorghum-sudan hy- 7to 10 day intervals to even out maintain steady forage produc
pasture crop. mental summer pasture, we bnds P roduce hl ® h yields under the grazing season tion through the summer
Piper sudangrass, seeded at recommend planning for about conditions, but ap- D() not turn cattle on suda n- if pasture is noimally scaice
Hie rate of 30 pounds per acre, one acre of sudan for each four peai t 0 be sornewbat higher in grass un tii the plants'are about on your faun in July and Au-
Will generally be ready to giaze mature animals you plan to prussic acid than Piper 18 inches tall If properly man- gust, consider sudan as a very
Bix to seven weeks after plant- graze When considering sudan- Sudangrass responds to a aged, two or three periods of valuable ciop
By Max Smith
County Ag Agent
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top, back and partitions. All but the heavier gauge cage fronts. Only Big Dutchman offers “Double Dipped,” the process that galvanizes single
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bubble free coating. The wire is then welded, and galvanized again to coat the entire mesh with a smooth, durable protective covering of long
life zinc. “Double Dipped” cage wire is absolutely guaranteed against rust for ten years. We provide more as “standard equipment” than
other cage manufacturers offer as “extras.” Compare quality before you decide on a cage system for your next poultry house. See Big Dutch
man for plans and prices.
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