COMPAEISON OF SOEGHUMS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 103 



Season of 1882. 



10 Chinese. 20 African. 3 Indian. 18 American. 



Average height of stalk feet. 9.6 8.4 8.-3 9 



" weight of stripped stalk... pounds. .746 1.44 1.20 1.13 



" •' panicle ounces. 3.925 3.88 2.83 2.68 



" length of " inches. 15.1 10.93 9.00 10.06 



The following table presents in detail, for comparison, the analyses 

 of the four classes of sorghums, all of which were grown side by side, 

 in 1882, at Washington. Those analyses only are included which 

 were made after the seed had become hard. 



