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grain sorghums where h\rge acreages are grown is to harvest the 

 heads by means of a gi'ain header so remodeled as to phice the cutter 

 bar at the proper height. 



At lower elevations, when the season is favorable and the seed 

 has been planted early, the first crop can often be harvested with 

 a binder and later a good crop of heads obtained from second growth. 

 In an ordinary' year the second growth will furnish abundant pas- 

 ture even though a second grain crop is not produced. 



Where the heads are cut from the standing stalks m the field it 

 is best to pasture the remainder of the crop. Should the crop go 

 down on account of a storm before it is harvested it can be utilized 

 by pasturing with hogs or cattle. Owing to the fact that the head 

 of feterita is quite heavy in proporti(m to the stalk, the crop some- 

 times lodges badly in wet weather if left in the field until overripe. 

 This makes it desirable to harvest as soon as the crop is mature. 



THRASHING. 



Feterita can be thrashed Avith an ordinary grain separator by 

 decreasing the speed of the cylinder and removing some of the con- 

 caves. If a foot or more of stem is left attached to the head, fewer 

 grains will be broken in thrashing. 



YIELDS. 



The yields of grain obtained during the five years from 1908 to 

 1912, inclusive, at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station are presented in 

 Table I. For comparison the average yields obtained each year from 

 the various selections of milo and Dwarf milo are also given. In the 

 first four years the yields of feterita are seen to be fairly interme- 

 diate between those of the other two crops, being higher than those 

 of milo and lower than those of Dwarf milo. In 1912, feterita 

 slightly exceeded Dwarf milo in grain yield. These results may be 

 taken as fairly representative of what may be expected of feterita 

 on the high plains in comparison with the milos. The considerably 

 thinner stands of the feterita are indicated by the row-space figures. 



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