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tinuous cropping, show very little difference both in yield of grain and forage 

 for 1913 and 1914. 



In seeding-rate tests with sorghum for forage, the highest average yield, 

 16,742 lbs. per acre, was secured from a seeding rate of 8 pk. per acre in close 

 drills, but a 2 pk. rate gave an average yield of 16,740 lbs. Plants sown in 

 3-ft. rows, 1 in. apart in the row, and cultivated, gave an average yield of 

 16,026 lbs., the highest for seedings in cultivated rows. 



Harvests of Japanese sugar cane secured September 10, December 4, and De- 

 cember 16, 1914, yielded 23,200, 51,030, and 39,820 lbs. of green forage per acre, 

 respectively. 



Method-of-seeding tests with Sudan grass showed average yields of 4,266, 

 6,124, and 5,302 lbs. of cured hay per acre for seedings in 3-ft. rows, 18-in. 

 rows, and close drills, respectively. Sudan grass is considered valuable chiefly 

 as a summer grazing crop, as sorghum is preferred for hay in this section and 

 Japanese sugar cane gives higher yields of green forage than either sorghum 

 or Sudan grass. Sudan grass does not produce seed on account of the prevalence 

 of the sorghum midge. 



Dasheeus are reported as giving promise for the future. 



Progress report, Texas Substation No. 6, Denton, Tex., 1909—1914, V. L. 

 Cory (Texas Sta. Bui. 19'J (I'JIS), pp. S-IS, fi<js. S). — Variety tests with wheat, 

 barley, oats, rye, corn, cowpeas, and peanuts, and cultural and field tests with 

 wheat, emmer, spelt, cotton, miscellaneous legumes, and Sudan grass, are 

 reported for the crop years 1910-1914, inclusive. 



Twenty-one winter wheat varieties have been tested, including 8 hard red, 

 7 soft bearded, and 6 soft beardless varieties. Defiance and Bacska, with 

 3-year average yields of 27.04 and 24.93 bu. per acre, respectively, were the 

 leading hard red wheats. The durum and spring wheats have not provetl of 

 much value. 



Eight varieties of winter barley and 6 of spring barley were tested. A 

 comparison of the average yields of 4 varieties grown both as winter and 

 spring varieties in 1912 and 1913, showed a decreased yield of 6.08 bu. per 

 acre from spring seeding. The highest-yielding winter variety was White 

 Smyrna, with 32.65 bu., and the lowest. Hooded barley, with 11.21 bu. These 

 two varieties also gave the highest and lowest yields when grown as spring 

 varieties, with yields of 18.22 and 12.03 bu., respectively. 



Red Rust Proof oats is the standard variety for the section, both for fall 

 and spring planting. Sixty-Day, Burt, and Ninetj'-Day are deemetl excellent 

 varieties fur kite seeding and for dry seasons. No appreciable advantage has 

 been gained by fall seeding as compared with spring seeding. 



Comparative tests of Tennessee Winter barley. Red Rust Proof oats, Red 

 W'inter spelt, and Black Winter emmer for 1912, 1913, and 1914 have sliown 

 average yields of grain of 1,541, 1,355, 1,074, and 887 lbs. per acre, respectively. 



Three rye varieties were tested and gave practically identical results. Rye 

 is not considered of ereat value for this region. 



A comparison of early and late plowing and of deep and shallow plowing of 

 stubble land for wheat showed yields of 32.62 bu. for deep, early plowing as 

 compared with 20.41 bu. for shallow, late plowing. Cultivation of the soil after 

 plowing the wheat was followed by a yield of 32. G2 bu. as compared with 17.41 

 bu. from land not cultivated. Corn land plowed in preparation for wheat 

 yielded 28.08 bu. per acre with wheat drilietl in and 25.5 bu. with wheat broad- 

 casted. Disking and drilling in the wheat gave 25.25 bu.. broadcasting 20 bu., 

 and drilling wheat in without any preparation 18.66 bu. 



In corn variety tests Surcropper has given the best results, with June corns 

 good varieties for late seedia£. 



