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Bulletin 84 



TABLE LVin. FORAGE SORGHUMS; VARIETY TEST, PRESCOTT DRY-FARM 



Variety 



1912 



Amber 



Club-top 

 1913 

 Club-top 



African 



Amber 



Sudan grass. 



1914 



Sumac 



Club-top 



Shallu 



Sudan grass. . . 



1915 



Sumac 



Amber 



Sudan grass. . . 



Mixed Club-top 



and milo. . . . 



Date 

 planted 



Date 

 Stand har- 

 vested 



4-26 

 5-17 

 5-18 



5-14 



4-30 



5-2 



5-14 



7-12 



7-12 



7-12 



7-9 



4-16 

 4-18 

 4-18 

 4-17 

 4-18 

 4-17 

 4-18 



5-17 

 5-13 

 5-13 



5-13 



% 



80 

 95 

 20 

 70 

 95 

 95 

 95 



95 

 60 

 70 

 95 

 100 

 95 

 95 



100 

 100 

 100 



95 



9-19 

 10-1 

 10-7 



10-15 

 8-16 



10-15 



10-15 



11-4 

 9-17 



11-4 



11-7 



9-22 

 9-24 

 9-21 

 9-22 

 9-28 

 9-10 

 9-17 



10-25 

 9-23 

 9-23 



9-24 



Size Yield per plot Yield per acre 



of 

 plot 



Acre- 



Va 



% 



Va 



V% 



Va 



Va 



% 



1/12 

 1/160 

 1/20 

 I/IO 



Va 

 Va 

 Vs 

 Va 

 1/12 



Va 

 Va 



Va 



Vz 



Va 



1 — Calculated from green weight. 



Grain Sorghums: Six varieties of grain sorghums were tested 

 in 1912 (see Table LX ), the best yield being produced by Dwarf 

 milo, while plots of Red and Black-hulled White Kafir yielded fairly 

 satisfactory amounts of forage. 



