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SOEGHUM. 



the Early Amber, Early Golden, Golden Syrup, and at least three 

 others, which have been sent as "new varieties" without name, are 

 so nearly alike as to trouble one to distinguish them ; and these are 

 recognized, also, by Mr. Wray, as identical with, or but slight varia- 

 tions from, his original Boom-vwa-na. 



Relative Lengths and Wc'tgJUs of the different Varieties of Sorghum. 



In the following table will be found the average length of the sev- 

 eral varieties of sorghum, as grown upon the experimental plat of the 

 Department grounds ; the average weight of the entire plant ; of tlie 

 stalk topped and stripped of its leaves, and ready for the mill ; as, also, 

 the number of stalks of each variety upon which such averages are 

 based. 



This taiile Avill enable any one to determine the relative amount of 

 either variety which may be grown upon an acre, since these several 

 varieties were grown from seed planted the same day, and upon a plat 

 of ground which insured practically uniform conditions in every re- 

 spect, since the cultui'c of all varieties was the same. 



It will be observed that tlie average loss, by stripping and topping, 

 is, in the case of the sorghums, 24.6 per cent, and of the maize 38.4 

 per cent. 



RELATIVE LENGTUS AND WEIGHTS OF THE DIFFEREXT VARIETIES OF SORGHUM. 



Name. 



Early Amber. 



Early Golden 



Gulden Syrup 



White Liberian 



Early Amber 



Black Top Sorghum 

 Airiean Sorghum . 



White Mammoth 



Oomseeana 



Kegu lar Sorgho 



Hyiirid 



SiigarCane 



Oomseeana Sorghum 



Neeazana 



<;oo.se Neck 



Early Orange 



Neejizana. 



New Variety 



€hine>e 



Wolf Tail 



Source of Seed. 



r>. Smith, Arlington, Va 



Plant Seed Company, St. Loui.s, Mo 



A. B. Swain, Elysian, Minn 



W. H. Lytle, Yellow Springs, Ohio 



Rush G. Leaming, Decatur, Neb 



S. E. Evans, Monroe, Kan 



D. W. Aiken, Cokesbury, S. C, 



W. E. Parks, Carlisle, Ky 



Amos Carpenter, Carpenter's Store P. j 



O., Mo i 



Blymyer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 



Blymyer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 



E.Liiik, Greeneville, Tenn 



.1. V,'. Barger, Lovilia, Iowa 



1). W. Aiken, Cokesbury, S. C 



W. H. Lvtle. Yellow Springs, Ohio 



P. P. Ramsev, Belgrade, .Mo 



I. A. Hedges, St. Louis, Mo 



Blymyer it (,'o., Cincinnati, Ohio 



E. Link, Greonoville, Tenn 



D. Smith, -Arlington, Va 



E. Link, GreeneviUe, Tenn 



CO 



Lb.s-. 



960 



1 004 

 1 001 

 1 001 

 1 337 

 979 



9(il 



1 155 



1 353 



1 169 

 1 266 

 1 379 



893 



1 140 

 1 089 

 1.255 

 1 467 

 1 047 

 1.181 

 1 22.5 

 1.277- 



