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LATE PLANTING OF SORGHUM. 



After deciding to erect a diffusion battery to work up sorghum, a 

 late planting was made upon land from which a crop of oats had been 

 harvested. The oats were harvested May 15, and the land broken with 

 four horse plow and harrow. Sorghum planted May 23. The continued 

 rains during June and July prevented necessary cultivation. The storm 

 of August 19 prostrated it, and, though far from being ripe, never re- 

 covered. Most of these seed were received from Mr. William P. Clem- 

 ents, of Sterling Sugar Works in Kansas, and were mainly hybrids of 

 different varieties. They were carefully followed during maturity with 

 analyses, but at no time did any of them show a large sugar content. 



The following table will show analytical results: 



Analyses of sorghum planted May 23. 



The following are the descriptions of the hybrid varieties gathered 

 October 8 : 



No. 11. Panicle, black exterior, dull red interior; two distinct Leads, the one full, 

 with black seed red tipped, the other few seeded, slightly closed heads, probably a 

 cross between White Mammoth or India with a black-seeded variety. 



