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BULLETIN 383^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table I. 



-Comparative growth and yield of the new and of standard varieties 

 of sorghum at tivo stations in Texas, etc. — Continued. 



Place, year, and variety. 



Serial 

 No. 



Season. 



Row space. 



Plant. 



Stalk. 



Height. 



Acre yield. 



Fodder. I Grain. 



At Amaeillo, Tex. — Contd. 



Average, 1913 to 1915: 



Dwarf hegari 



Dwarf feterita 



Improved feterita. 



Dwarf milo 



Dwarf kaflr 



Blackhull kafii' . . . 



At Hats, Kans. 



1914 (medium to poor season): i 



Dwarf hegari 



Standard feterita 



White milo 



Dwarf milo 



Dwarf kaflj 



Blackhull kafir 



Sehroci kaflr 



1915 (very wet and cold sear 

 son): 2 



Dwarf hegari 



Dwarf feterifa 



Improved feterita 



White milo 



Dwarf milo 



Dwarf kaflr 



Blackhull 1. aflr 



Schrock kaflr 



Average, 1914 and 1915: 



Dwarf hegari 



Feterita " 



White milo 



Dwarf milo 



Dwarf kafir 



Blackhull Laflj 



4201 

 811 

 22329 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



4201 

 19517 



5886 

 1S684 

 24983 

 17569 



1481 



4201 



811 



22329 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



1481 



4201 



Days. 

 96 

 93 

 94 

 102 

 111 

 123 



102 

 93 



5886 

 18684 

 24983 

 17569 



102 

 102 

 102 

 102 



107 

 107 

 107 

 100 

 112 

 115 

 115 

 115 



105 

 100 

 95 

 107 

 109 

 109 



Inches. 

 9.16 

 11.21 

 11.63 

 10. 52 

 9.68 

 7.31 



8.6 

 12.3 

 7.6 

 7.7 

 9.3 

 3.5 

 11 



7.3 

 6.3 

 5.5 

 3.2 



4.6 

 7 



6.2 

 6.4 



8.9 

 5.4 

 6.2 

 8.2 

 4.9 



Inches. 

 3.89 

 3.97 

 4.03 

 3.81 

 5.16 

 4.02 



4.6 



7 



4.3 



3.8 



7.1 



2.9 



7.3 



Inches. 

 3S.5 

 51.7 

 5.5.3 

 35. 5 

 44.5 

 50.7 



66 

 80 

 84 

 84 

 70 

 72 

 80 

 70 



60 



77.5 



72 



58 



62 



67 



Tons. 

 2.64 

 2. .50 

 2.94 

 2.49 

 2.62 

 3.30 



3.14 

 2.44 

 2.51 

 2.44 

 3.16 

 3.55 

 2.26 



3. .54 

 3.46 

 3.51 

 4.34 

 4.89 

 3.41 

 4.15 

 3.44 



3.34 

 2.98 

 3.48 

 3.67 

 3.29 

 3.85 



Bushels. 

 22.89 

 31. .58 

 30.38 

 24.42 

 28.70 

 20.41 



11.2 

 25.7 

 31.9 

 14.2 

 30.6 



7.5 



40.7 

 23.8 

 27 - 

 42.1 

 40.9 

 24.7 

 12.3 

 8.5 , 



26 



26.4 



37 



27.6 



27.7 



10.7 



1 The yields given are from duplicate twentieth-acre plats. 



2 The vields given are from duplicate 3/200-acre plats. 



3 The results for feterita include those for S. P. I. No. 19517 in 1914 and for S. P. I. No. 22329 in 1915. 



The results shown in Table I represent fairly accurately, it is 

 believed, the value of these varieties in the localities named. It is 

 fortunate that the period covered by this work includes a wet year, 

 a dry year, and one of average weather conditions. 



VALUE OF THE VARIETIES IN DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE 



GREAT PLAINS. 



REGION ADJACENT TO CHILLICOTHE, TEX. 



In 1914 a wet fall followed a rather dry but not especially unfa- 

 vorable summer, and this abundance of moisture in the fall enabled 

 the early-maturing varieties, like feterita and Dwarf hegari, to 

 produce second crops of grain as well as fodder. This resulted in 

 greatly augmented yields of the three varieties of feterita, of Dwarf 

 hegari, and also of Dwarf milo. The yield from the first cutting, 

 which was harvested in the ordinary way with a row binder, was 

 as follows : Dwarf hegari, 17 : Dwarf feterita, 24.9 ; Improved feterita, 



