CEREAL EXPEEIMEKTS ON THE CHEYEISTNE EXPERIMENT FARM. 37 



siderable acreage of foxtail millet is grown each year in Wyoming for 

 hay. When gro^^m for hay, 8 to 10 poipids of seed are required to 

 sow an acre. Sowing is done with a grain drill equipped with a 

 grass-seeder attachment. The millet is cut for hay when fully 

 headed and before it begins to ripen. 



Table XXVII. — Annual and average yields of eight prosos and two foxtail millets grown 

 on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm in 1913, 1914, and 1915. 



Group and variety. 



C.I. 

 No. 



Yield per acre. 



Grain (bushels). 



1915 



3-year 

 average. 



3-year 

 average 

 of straw. 



Proso: 



RedTurghai 



Proso 



Red Russian 



White Ural 



Black Voronezh 



Tambov 



Red Lump 



Red Voronezh 



Foxtail millet: 



Kursk (South Dakota No. 78). 



Kursk (South Dakota No. 79). 



31 



113 



11 



4 



16 

 13 

 65 

 60 



22.3 

 23.2 

 10.7 

 11.3 



a 7. 2 



a 12.0 



10.9 



7.2 



14.8 



7.7 



10.9 



6.6 



3.2 



6 6.7 



6 5.2 



3.2 



1.8 



16.3 

 10.9 



9.6 

 



11.6 

 11.2 

 10.8 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



29.5 

 "26.9 



13.2 

 11.4 

 9.6 

 8.4 

 8.2 

 7.7 

 6.7 

 5.0 



20.2 

 15.6 



Pounds. 



1,023 



2,583 



728 



883 



1,021 



755 



603 



613 



1,613 

 2,532 



a Average of two plats. 



6 Average of three plats. 



GRAIN SORGHUM. 



Several of the earliest maturing varieties of grain sorghum have 

 been tested each year. These varieties have been grown in 8-rod 

 rows spaced 42 inches apart. The sorghums have been cultivated 

 two or three times each season and kept free from weeds. Nearly 

 all varieties have headed each year, but none has produced seed in 

 sufficient quantity to warrant thrashing. 



Manchu kaohang (C. I. No. 261) and white kafir (C. I. No. 370) 

 have been the earliest varieties tested. A few practically mature 

 heads were obtained from each of these varieties in 1913 and 1914. 



The results from the work with grain sorghum clearly show that 

 this crop can not be grown for grain m eastern Wyoming. However, 

 some of the varieties compare favorably with corn and sorgo in the 

 production of roughage for stock. The milos and kafirs have con- 

 sidcrably more foliage than the kaoUangs and should be grown when 

 feed is wanted. 



CORN. 



A few varieties of field corn have been tested each year. Fair to 

 good forage yields have hecn o[)l!iin('(l each season, but in none of 

 the three years has any variety fuUy miitured. IIow(^ver, the 

 XortJi western Dent, Brown County Yellow Dent, and (Jehu Flint 

 have produced mature grain each season, oi' at least matiiio enough 

 to gerniinute if i)rop(!rly stored until the following spring. 



