Viewing the neighbor's fields

[Patrick HMD]

Took a little tractor ride yesterday afternoon to view the neighbor's fields outside of Victoria, Texas. Some of you'll call it sorghum, but when I was growing up, and hanging out at my Dad's blacksmith shop, the farmers would come by and drop off their worn sweeps and plow shares for sharpening. And of course their main topic of conversation was their crops. They would always call it maze (maybe slang) That might be related to the word maize, Spanish word for corn. Later on when I lived in Brownsville, it was called Milo, so I guess it's a regional thing, depending on where you live.

So what's it called in your part of the world? Just curious.




King cotton


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Patrick
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[randallinMo]

It's always been call Milo here in my part of the world in Missouri. We used to grow a lot of it....not so much anymore. In fact, I haven't seen a field of milo in a few years. Takes drought better and guys always said it really depleted the soils. It was always second to corn and they treated it that way......much less fertility applied. And then they wondered why it depleted the soil.

 

[Eldon (WA)]

(quoted from post at 10:36:41 07/14/14) Took a little tractor ride yesterday afternoon to view the neighbor's fields outside of Victoria, Texas. Some of you'll call it sorghum, but when I was growing up, and hanging out at my Dad's blacksmith shop, the farmers would come by and drop off their worn sweeps and plow shares for sharpening. And of course their main topic of conversation was their crops. They would always call it maze (maybe slang) That might be related to the word maize, Spanish word for corn. Later on when I lived in Brownsville, it was called Milo, so I guess it's a regional thing, depending on where you live.

So what's it called in your part of the world? Just curious.



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Patrick
'49M

Back in South Dakota we call it milo when it is the short stuff and combine it for the grain. The taller stuff was cane and cut for silage. We also had sudan grass that got real tall and we green chopped it for the dairy cows. It would grow back and we usually cut it twice.

 

[notjustair]

I put in 40 acres of milo this year. First time in ages. As a kid
we always had it but we used it for feed for the year. We will
see where prices are at - I may use mine for hog feed.

 

[Smalltowner]

We call it maize or milo more commonly in N central Texas and we grow lots of it around here for cattle feed, but not nearly as much as in past years. Same for cotton. The seed tops are combined, the stalks baled and later ground as filler to mix with ground milo and/or corn with supplements such as cottonseed meal and molasses. In a wet year the stalks have lots or protein, not so much in dry years. A real good yield is 4000# per acre non-irrigated, but with average rain 3000# is more average on good ground. It seems sunflowers and soybeans have replaced milo for the most part locally.

 

[Patrick HMD]

I remember as a kid we'd go visit my dad's cousin's farm, and in the cool of the evening I would tag along with him, bucket in hand, and he would go out and cut off a few heads with his case pocket knife, and feed them to the chickens. The chickens loved them. Things were a lot more laid back, back then.

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Patrick
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[wjytexas]

we called it maise in Lavaca Co. it pretty much replaced cotton.

 

[Fergienewbee]

The first time I ever saw it was in Kansas. I've grown it in food plots--SW Michigan--and may try it again. What row spacing do they usually use? I just broadcast it and disced it in. Interesting the way it develops.

Larry

 

[Dan T in MO]

Around here in Central Missouri, if you're raising it for the cane, it's called sorghum. If you're raising it for the grain, it's called milo. I have a small patch that is pulling double duty-my niece wants the cane to make molasses and I'm gonna feed the grain to the hogs. I have no idea what to call it. Just don't call me late for supper.

 

[Fullers Farmalls]

Always heard it called milo around SW PA. But I think its mainly
used for food plots around here. Turkey go nuts over it and doves
and pheasants aren't far behind.

 

[ShadetreeRet]

What they grow around here for sorghum or molasses cane is a lot taller than that, and I don't think it has as many seeds.

 

[Patrick HMD]

This is a follow up of the neighbor baling up the silage after harvesting the grain. A nice hot dry Texas day for doing it.(high 90's) Can you feel the heat?




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Patrick
'49M