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The Early Buff variety of oo\\T)ea has given the highest yields of seed, with 

 New Era, Blackeye, Iron, and Brabham also reported as satisfactory. 



Spanish, Virginia, and Tennessee Red peanuts yielded an average of 476, 4G0, 

 and 105 lbs. of seed, and 3,890, 4,350, and S50 lbs. of hay, respectively. 



None of the legumes tested has proved especially well suited to local con- 

 ditions. 



Tests with Sudan grass for forage showed a total yield of 4,575 lbs. per acre 

 when sown April 30 in 36-in. rows. Sudan grass is considered a valuable hay 

 and pasture grass for this section. 



Progress report of Substation No. 12, Chillicothe, Tex., 1905-1914, R. W. 

 Edwards (Texas Sta. Bui. 202 (1916), pp. 3-SO, figs. i3 ) .—Forage-crop work 

 conducted in cooperation with the Office of Forage Crop Investigations, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, is reported for the 10-year period of 1905 to 1914. 

 The field experiments include variety and date- and rate-of-planting tests with 

 sorghums, date-, rate-, and method-of-seeding tests with Sudan grass for hay, 

 and variety tests with alfalfa. 



Meteorological data for 1906-1914 show a mean annual rainfall of 25.03 in. 

 The maximum annual precipitation was 32.47 in. in 1908, and the minimum 

 14.19 in. in 1910. 



Kafirs have outyielded milos in both forage and grain in favorable seasons, 

 but in poor growing seasons milo maize and feterita were both more productive 

 than Kafir corn. The latter yielded 2.1 tons of forage and 10.3 bu. of grain as 

 compared with 1.68 tons of forage and 15 bu. of grain for milo maize for an 

 8-year average, 1907-1914. Drought resistance in Kafir corn was evidently 

 secured at a sacrifice in yield in good seasons, since the most drought-resistant 

 strains did not respond to abundant moisture in the same proportion as did 

 many of the common or standard varieties. 



Selection F. C. I. No. 811 of dwarf feterita proved earlier, more dwarf and 

 uniform in height, and produced higher yields at Chillicothe than the original 

 S. P. I. No. 19517. Kaoliang proved to be of relatively little importance for 

 this region. 



Amber (saccharin) sorghums were early maturing and produced a good 

 quality of hay when sown broadcast or in close drills. Sumac or red top .sor- 

 ghums gave larger yields than the ambers, but, unless planted thickly, produced 

 rather coarse hay. Honey and gooseneck sorghums proved suitable for sirup 

 making and for silage, but produced inferior hay. 



The grain sorghums have produced the best yields of grain and forage when 

 planted from April 15 to May 15 for seed, and from June 15 to July 1 for forage, 

 with the plants from 4 to 8 in. apart in the row. The sorghums have produced 

 the best quality and quantity of forage with plants from 2 to 4 in. apart in the 

 row. Seedings of 75 lbs. per acre for sumac and 45 lbs. for red amber in close 

 drills have given the best hay yields. 



Sudan grass seeded at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre in close drills produced 1.51 

 tons of hay per acre in 1913 and 5.57 tons in 1914. Medium early plantings, 

 April 3 to May 4, gave the largest number of cuttings, and an average yield of 

 about 5.19 tons in 1914. About the same yields but a better quality of hay was 

 secured from seedings in close drills over those in cultivated rows. Consider- 

 ably more seed was produced in cultivated rows than in drilled plats. 



Of the millets tested Turkestan was the highest yielder and produced a good 

 quality of hay. The millets are considered inferior to Sudan grass for hay 

 purposes. 



Early Ruff, Brabham, Iron, Groit, New Era, and Red Ripper are all consid- 

 ered excellent cowpea varieties, especially suited for use as annual leguminous 



