SORGHUM VARIETIES FOR THE GREAT PLAINS. 



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Table I. — Comparative growth and yiekl of the new and of standard varieties 

 of sorghum, at two stations in Texas and one station in Kansas in 1913, 1914, 

 and 1915. 



Place, year, and variety. 



Serial 

 No. 



Season. 



Row space. 



Height. 



Acre 



jdeld. 



Plant. 



Stalk. 



Podder.i 



Grain. 



At Chilucothe, Tex. 

 1913 (very dry season): 



4201 



811 



22329 



19517 



5886 

 18684 

 249,83 

 17569 



4201 



811 



22329 



19517 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



4201 



811 



22329 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



1481 



4201 



811 



22329 



19517 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



4201 



811 



22329 



19517 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



4201 



811 



22329 



19517 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



4201 

 811 

 22329 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



1481 



Days. 



Inches. 

 18 

 27 

 19 

 21 

 16 

 20 



Inches. 



Inches. 

 43 

 48 

 50 

 55 

 44 

 33 

 43 

 33 



48 

 54 

 57 

 68 

 60 

 42 

 42 

 48 



58 

 54 

 57 

 58 

 50 

 51 

 63 

 58 



49 

 52 

 55 

 61 

 54 

 42 

 45 

 48 



20 

 34 

 46 

 36 

 24 

 28 

 34 



43 

 55 

 55 

 54 

 52 

 •^ 36 

 45 

 46 



52.5 



66 



65 



46.5 



60.5 



72 



66 



Tons. 



1.04 



.97 



.80 



1.04 



1.10 



1.12 



1.05 



.95 



6.10 

 4.95 

 6.05 

 5.85 

 3.06 

 4.83 

 2.60 

 3.85 



4.54 

 2.52 

 2.47 

 2.37 

 3.60 

 3.20 

 4.27 

 3.87 



3.89 

 2.81 

 3.11 

 3.44 

 2.18 

 3.18 

 2.28 

 3.02 



..50 

 1.10 

 1.20 

 1.28 

 1.03 



.45 

 1.33 



3.18 

 2.87 

 2.09 

 2.16 

 1.93 

 2.08 

 2.42 

 2.90 



3.25 

 3.52 

 4. .53 

 4.37 

 5.00 

 5.66 

 7.30 



Bushels. 



(^) 

 10.71 





Ill 









8.03 





110 

 109 

 113 





10.71 



White milo . . . 





17.5 



Dwarf milo- 





11.9 







(2) 

 (^) 



56.6 



Blackhull kafir 





14 



10 

 7.8 

 7.7 

 8 



6.9 

 7.1 

 7.3 

 6.9 



9.1 

 9.1 



8.3 

 9.4 

 7.9 



8 





1914 (medium season): 



89 

 92 

 96 

 101 

 91 

 96 

 102 

 104 



104 

 83 

 84 

 85 

 101 

 101 

 114 

 99 



97 



88 

 90 

 106 

 88 

 99 

 104 

 109 



90 

 81 

 81 

 84 

 97 

 110 

 120 



90 

 . 90 

 92 

 92 

 94 

 94 

 100 

 117 



108 

 108 

 108 

 115 

 123 

 133 

 131 





Dwarf feteritas 





53.5 



Improved feterita ^ 





51.5 







40.8 



White milo 





21.3 



Dwarf milo 3 





41.1 



Dwarf Itafir-.. ., 





13.1 



Blackhull kafir 





12.5 



1915 (very wet season): 



7.3 

 6.9 

 6.5 



6.7 

 5.8 

 6.6 



38.4 



Dwarf feterita 



28 



Improved feterita 



27.3 



White milo 



32.5 



Dwarf milo 



36.8 



Dwarf kaflr.. 



28.6 



Blackhull kaflr ... 



39.82 



Schrock kafir 



7.4 



12.3 

 14.6 

 11.6 

 14.5 

 10.8 

 11.6 

 7.6 

 10.4 



3 

 11 

 12 

 10 



6 

 13.3 



4.5 



5 



7.8 

 8.4 

 11.8 

 6.2 

 6.2 

 7,2 

 2.6, 



19.47 



14.82 

 • 14.48 

 19.36 

 8. .53 

 14.84 

 6.25 



5.8 



46 



Average, 1913 to 1915: * 



Dwarf hegari 



31.7 



Dwarf feterita 





30.7 



Improved feterita .. 





28.9 



Standard feterita '•> 





25.7 



White milo 





23.8 



Dwarf milo 





29.9 



Dwarf kafir 





13.9 



Blackhull kafir 





17.4 



At Amarillo, Tex. 



1913 (extremely dry season): s 

 Dwarf hegari 



2.5 



5 



4.8 



4.7 



3.9 



7.4 



2.6 



2 



2.6 



3.1 



4.3 



2.4 



2.3 



3.5 



2.3 



7.18 

 4.33 

 4.18 

 5.24 

 4.59 

 7.17 

 4.28 







Dwarf feterita 



14 70 



Improved feterita 



24 10 



Standard feterita 



13.10 



Dwarf milo 



2 07 



Dwarf kafir 







Blackhull kaflr 







1914 (medium season): ' 



Dwarf hegari 



25 



Dwarf feterita 



28 5 



Improved feterita 



14 1 



Standard feterita .... 



13 8 



White milo 



20 4 



Dwarf milo 



18 6 



Dwarf kafir... . 



20 1 



Blackhull kaflr 



2 4 



1915 (very wet season): s 



Dwarf hegari 



43 66 



Dwarf feterita . . 



51 55 



Improved feterita 



52 93 



Dwarf milo 



52 60 



Dwarf kaflr 



65 99 



Blackhull kaflr 



58 83 



Schrock kaflr 



55.83 



1 The term fodder includes the entire plant before the seed head is removea . The yields were all obtained 

 from duplicate twentieth-acre plats except that of Improved feterita in 1913, which was from one row 8 

 rods long. 



2 Few heads. 



3 Yields of these varieties are the total from two cuttings. 



■i The average for the growing season is based on results obtained in 1914 and 1915 except in the case of 

 feterita No. 19517. 



5 The results of two years, 1913 and 1914. 



6 The yields for 1913 were all obtained from 0.03-acre plats except that of Improved feterita, which was 

 grown in only one 8-rod row. 



' Tihe yields tor 1914 were all obtained from duplicate fiftieth-acre plats. 

 8 The yields for 1915 were all obtained from duplicate twentieth-acre plats. 



