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23.8 ; Standard feterita, 23.4 ; and Dwarf milo, 22.3 bushels per acre. 

 The second cutting, produced from tillers starting at the base of 

 the stubble, was more uniform than the first cutting, and in the 

 Dwarf hegari and the Dwarf and Improved varieties of feterita the 

 yield of grain was greater than that from the first cutting (fig. 4). 

 In fields of these crops where the first crop of grain had been 

 gathered by heading, the second crop was much less uniform and 

 was inferior in every respect to that produced where the first cutting- 

 was made with a row binder and the plants were cut off near the 

 ground. Additional expense is entailed, of course, in the harvesting 

 of two crops, but the potential value of a variety must be determined 

 from its actual production of forage and grain, together with the 

 feeding value of the product. 



It appears from the results obtained at Chillicothe that the 

 feteritas and White milo are of most value in dry seasons and 

 that the feterita and Dwarf hegari will under favorable conditions 

 produce two crops in one season, while ordinary BlackhuU kafir will 

 make only one crop and in very dry seasons does not even head out. 

 Both the new varieties of feterita, F. C. I. No. 811 and S. P. I. Xo. 

 22329, are superior to the strain now being generally grown and 

 should be widely utilized as soon as an adequate supply of seed is 

 available. 



During the period represented by this test. Dwarf hegari ranks 

 first, with an average yield of 31.7 bushels of grain and 3.89 tons 

 of fodder per acre. In quality the fodder is not quite equal to that 

 of the BlackhuU kafir, but it is superior both to feterita and to milo 

 fodder. 



The White milo, although maturing quite early, lacks the required 

 vitality or the tendency to produce tillers which is necessary for a 

 second growth. This failure to produce two seed crops in 1914 low- 

 ered the rank of this variety in the averages. It is somewhat taller 

 and not so leafy as the ordinary Dwarf milo, and without further 

 improvement can hardly be expected to replace this well-known sort 

 in the region surrounding Chillicothe. There is evidence, however, 

 that it is capable of decided improvement by selection, both in regard 

 to its leafiness and its dwarfness. A field of White milo much im- 

 proved in both of these characters was found on the farm of Mr. 

 W. W. Cole, near Chillicothe. This field is illustrated in figure 6. 

 It was quite uniform in height, and in shape and size of the head 

 resembled the ordinary Dwarf milo very closely. If it behaves simi- 

 larly in future plantings, a variety of Dwarf "Wliite milo will be 

 available similar to the Dwarf Yellow milo in ever^'thing but color 

 of seed. 



