GRAIN-SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. 77 



of suckers lias been about 28 per cent, or about 1 sucker to every 

 2.5 main stalks. The lowest production was 4.4 per cent, in 1914, 

 and tbe highest was 56.4 per cent, in 1910. In no other year did the 

 proportion exceed 1 sucker to each main stalk, though in 1916 this 

 proportion was closely approximated. 



Table XXXII. — Agronomic data for Blackhull kaoliang groivn at the Amarillo Cereal 

 Field Station during the 9-year period from 1908 to 1916, inclusive. 



[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 





Row space. 



Length of period. 



1 



m 



i 

 1 



1 



o 



'S 

 K 



a 



i 



W 



Seed in— 



Yield per acre. 



Year and C.I. 

 No. 



1 





1 



> 



1 



o 



MbJD 



— a 



r 





i 



£ 

 o 



o 



1 



i 



1908: 

 120 



Ins. 

 14.1 

 9.7 



Ins. 

 7.2 

 6.0 



Days. 



78 

 74 



Days. 



47 

 26 



Day,-.. 

 124 

 100 



P.ct. 

 48.9 

 38.2 



p.ct. 



Feet. 

 7.9 

 5.0 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



p.ct. 



Lhs. 



Lhs. 



Bus. 



310 













43.1 

















Average. 



11.9 



6.6 



76 



36.5 



112.5 



43.5 





6.4 













43.1 















1909: 

 120 



11.4 

 11.6 

 10.9 

 6.8 

 6.2 



9.5 

 10.4 

 10.1 

 6.4 

 5.9 



92 



75 

 72 

 77 

 81 







16.6 



10.3 



7.3 



5.8 

 4.8 



















310 





















9.4 



310 





















9.4 



310 





















9.4 



310 





















9.6 























Average. 



9.4 



8.5 



79.4 







8.9 

















9.4 























1910: 

 120 



16.8 

 13.8 

 23.7 



7.1 

 6.0 

 10.1 



90 

 90 



85 



30 

 21 

 34 



120 

 111 

 110 



56.6 

 56.4 

 57.3 



36.6 

 65.3 

 80.3 



7.2 

 4.2 

 7.0 













1.8 



310 . . 



38.1 



18.0 



47.3 



2,766 



1,053 



8.6 



412 



10.3 

















Average. 



18.1 



7.7 



88.3 



28.3 



116.6 



56.8 



60.7 



6.1 



38.1 



18.0 



47.3 



2,766 



1,053 



6.9 



1911: 

 120 



15.1 

 11.4 

 5.7 

 6.6 

 6.0 



10.0 

 6.4 

 4.6 

 4.3 

 4.3 



73 

 78 

 73 

 73 

 73 



35 

 30 

 35 

 35 

 35 



108 

 108 

 108 

 108 

 108 



33.8 

 43.3 

 18.5 

 34.0 

 29.3 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



7.0 

 7.0 

 5.3 

 5.3 

 5.3 



49.5 

 38.9 

 55.9 

 48.2 

 61.0 



28.2 

 21.3 

 34.3 



28.2 

 36.6 



58.4 

 55.1 

 61.3 

 58.7 

 60.0 



3,965 

 4,337 

 5,333 

 6,310 

 4,750 



1,915, 



1,687 

 2,984 

 3,045 

 2,900 



19.3 



412 



16.0 



310 



31.6 



310 



30.7 



310 



30.0 







Average. 



8.9 



5.9 



74 



34 



108 



31.8 



100 



5.9 



50.7 



29.7 



58.7 



4,979 



2,506 



25.3 



1912: 

 120 



6.4 

 22.9 

 5.3 

 3.6 

 3.4 



4.8 

 6.4 

 4.0 

 3.3 

 3.2 



87 

 87 

 84 

 87 

 91 



34 

 34 

 26 

 23 

 19 



121 

 121 

 110 

 110 

 110 



25.3 

 72.5 

 23.7 

 8.3 



5.8 



14.7 

 100.0 

 87.2 

 76.3 

 76.4 



6.0 

 6.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 



43.5 

 49.0 

 46.4 

 37.6 

 39.9 



21.1 



25.8 

 26.1 

 18.2 

 18.8 



48.3 

 52.6 

 56.2 

 42.2 

 47.1 



4,200 

 4,060 

 4,030 

 3,900 

 3,980 



1,830 

 1,993 

 1,873 

 1,470 

 1,590 



15.3 



412........ 



18.1 



310 



18.2 



310 



12.2 



310 



12.9 







Average. 



8.3 



4.3 



87 



27 



114 



27.1 



82.9 



4.8 



43.2 



22.0 



49.3 



4,034 



1,751 



15.3 



1913: 

 120 



5.9 

 9.8 

 6.4 

 6.2 



4.9 

 6.1 

 5.0 



4.8 



71 

 75 

 75 

 75 



25 

 33 

 27 

 27 



96 

 108 

 102 

 102 



16.8 

 37.3 

 21.7 

 22.0 





2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.5 















412 















310 















310 





























Average. 



7.1 



5.2 



74 



28 



102 



24.4 





2.5 





























1914: 

 310 



3.0 



4.0 



2.7 

 3.8 



71 

 66 



25 

 30 



96 

 96 



4.4 

 6.2 



34.3 

 50.5 



4.0 

 4.5 



'34.'4' 



11.1 

 13.3 



'38."7" 



3,240 

 4,500 



i,'S56" 



6.2 



412 



10.4 







Average. 



3.5 



3.3 



68.5 



27.5 



96 



5.2 



42.4 



4.3 



34.4 



12.2 



38.7 



3,870 



1,550 



8.3 



1915: 

 310 



10.7 

 22.6 



6.3 

 9.3 



65 



68 



38 

 41 



103 

 109 



41.3 



58.8 



94.8 

 94.1 



5.3 



7.0 



52.6 



39.3 



74.7 



6,760 

 5,333 



3,560 



45.8 



412 



32.2 













Average. 



16.7 



7.8 



67 



39 



106 



50.0 



94.5 



6.1 



52.6 



39.3 



74.7 



6,046 



3,560 



39.0 



1916: 

 310 



14.2 



7.5 



77 



47 



124 



47.2 



43.2 



3.0 





9.4 





2,120 





-3.4 







