12 BULLETIN 383^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



REGION ADJACENT TO AMARILLO, TEX. 



Climatic conditions are more severe at Amarillo than at Cliilli- 

 cothe, Tex., the normal rainfall and temperature both being lower. 

 However, the unusually good season of 1915, with its high yields, 

 raised the averages for the period to a figure practically equaling 

 the yields at Chillicothe. At Amarillo, feterita, besides showing 

 an ability to make crops under extremely adverse conditions (fig. 5), 

 also stands first in the averages for the three years. 



It is very probable that feterita will continue to be grown quite 

 extensively on the high plains of northwestern Texas, although its 

 tendency to shatter the seed when not harvested promptly and the 

 evident low vitality of the seed when planted in cold soil will no 

 doubt cause most farmers to depend on ordinary Dwarf milo for 

 their grain crop. Both the Dwarf and the Improved feterita proved 





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Fig. 6. — A field of Dwarf White milo on the farm of Mr. W. W. Cole, Chillicothe, Tex. 

 Photographed July 24, 1914. 



consistently superior to the common strain of feterita at Amarillo, 

 as well as at Chillicothe. 



Failure to include White milo in the 1913 and 1915 plantings pre- 

 vents any fair comparison of it Avith the feterita or Dwarf milo 

 under Amarillo conditions, but judging from the record of AVhite 

 milo at Hays, Kans., it may be expected to produce a good grain yield 

 at Amarillo also. 



Dwarf hegari appears to be less promising on the high plains about 

 Amarillo than at Chillicothe, and, judging from the results obtained, 

 it is not likely to become as popular there as near the latter point, 

 Avhere a considerable number of farmers are already growing it in 

 preference to feterita, Dwarf milo, and BlackhuU kafir. 



REGION ADJACENT TO HAYS, KANS. 



The season of 1913 was so severe at Hays that all the crops were 

 practically failures. No seed yields were obtained from any of the 



