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where though able to germinate it could make only a 

 feeble and sickly growth. Fourth, Early Amber 

 sorghum plants made a fair amount of growth under 

 conditions of temperature too low for the successful 

 starting of the non-saccharine sorghums. Fifth, 

 that among the non-saccharine sorghums, the slowest 

 in starting was teosinte, and, sixth, that when any of 

 these sorghums made but a feeble growth at the first, 

 the plants from seed sown later and under more 

 favorable conditions as to temperature made a much 

 more satisfactory growth. There would seem to 

 be no advantage therefore but rather disadvan- 

 tage in planting the seed of the non-saccharine 

 sorghums earlier than the season of abiding warm 

 weather. 



It would be impossible to fix the exact date at 

 which the seed of these plants should be sown. It 

 will vary with the locality and with the season. The 

 date for planting would of course be later than the 

 date best suited to planting corn. Kaffir corn 

 should follow doubtless close upon the corn planting 

 season, while teosinte would not suffer though not 

 planted until a period considerably later. 



To provide soiling food and also fodder, non- 

 saccharine sorghums are usually sown in rows and at 

 distances which vary with the soil and with the 

 variety of the plant. Usually they should not be 

 grown less distant than corn grown for the same 

 uses, that is to say, the rows should not be closer than 

 thirty inches nor more distant than forty-eight 

 inches. But a distance of sixty inches is allowed in 

 some instances between the rows of teosinte; and 

 the taller of these plants, as, for instance, Milo 

 maize, would seem to require a greater distance 



