88 BULLETIN 698, U. S. l>EPAfi,TMElirT' OP AGRICULTURE. 



Milo, Alba milo, f eterita, and Manchu kaoliang have average yields 

 ranging from about 20 to 22 bushels in the 7-year period and from 

 about 21 to 23 bushels in the 9-year period. These four varieties 

 may be said to tie for second place in grain production. There is 

 little choice between them except when their combined grain and 

 fodder value is considered. Manchu kaoliang has less fodder value 

 than the milos or f eterita because of its drier and more slender stems 

 and scanty foliage. ^ 



Table XXXVIII. — Annual, and average acre yields of the best selections in all varieties 

 and groups of grain sorghums grown at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station in most or 

 all of the nine years from 1908 to 1916, inclusive. 



[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 6 



other sorghiuns. 



pounds for kafirs and at 58 pounds for all 





C.I. 



-Ajmual and average acre yields (bushels). 



Group and 

























variety. 



No. 





















7 years, 



9 years, 







1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1910 to 

 1916. 



1908 to 

 1916. 



Milo-durra: 



























Milo 



223 



37.4 



16.5 



18.8 



24.4 



23.6 







12.8 



64.8 



7.6 



21.7 



22.9 



Do.... 



232 



30.4 



3.6 



9.8 



30.1 



33.0 







10.7 



60.0 



6.6 



21.5 



20.5 



Do..-. 



234 



43.2 



5.8 



18.2 



33.3 



23.3 







14.8 



58.6 



6.9 



22.2 



22.7 



Dwarf 



























milo 



149 



42.6 



12.4 



20.8 



36.8 



13.3 







30.0 



74.1 



7.6 



26.1 



26.4 



Do..., 



332 



39.5 



14.2 



18.6 



37.4 



24.0 







30.0 



70.3 



'9.7 



27.2 



27.1 



Do..-- 



359 

 352 

 182 







20.0 

 16.9 

 14.7 



37.3 

 37.5 

 31.9 



34.6 

 15.8 

 24.5 





 

 



16.2 

 11.4 

 18.5 



68.3 

 59.3 

 52.1 



8.6 

 4.8 

 14.5 



26.4 

 20.8 

 22.3 





Alba milo- 









Feterita .. 



" '46.'2' 



"■"9."3' 



""22.'8 



White 



























durra . . . 



81 



35.7 



7.7 



10.0 



26.4 



24.3 







22.4 



36.9 



4.5 



17.8 



18.7 



D u r r a -kafir 



























hybrids: 



























Black 



























glumed. 



108-7-3 



41.0 



2.8 



9.1 



30.2 



3.0 







16.2 



34.5 



7.2 



14.3 



16.0 



Do.... 



198-15-3 



27.4 



7.8 



5.4 



39.9 



4.1 







20.7 



24.5 



2.4 



13.9 



14.7 



White 



























glumed. 



19.8-7-3 



41.0 



2.8 



21.2 



28.2 



6.0 







13.8 



28.1 



5.7 



14.7 



16.3 



Do.... 



198-15-3 



27.4 



7.8 



16.0 



34.1 



11.6 







14.8 



17.9 



1.7 



13.7 



14.6 



Do.... 



240 



35.7 



4.2 



17.0 



46.1 



5.0 







8.6 



29.3 



3.5 



15.6 



16.6 



Do.... 



240-6 



35.7 



4.2 



17.0 



30.3 



11.5 







19.3 



36.2 



3.5 



16.8 



17.5 



Kafir: 



























BlackhuU. 



71 



42.2 



3.5 



1.0 



26.5 



4.7 







14.0 



64.0 



0' 



15.7 



-17.3 



Do.... 



335 



37.0 



10.7 



4.8 



20.6 



4.6 







11.3 



62.7 







14.9 



16.9 



Do.... 



337 



38.3 



7.7 



3.5 



21.0 



4.7 







9.3 



64.0 







14.6 



16.5 



Sunrise . . . 



472 





10.8 



7.6 



21.4 



8.0 







10.4 



56.0 



9.3 



17.5 





Dawn 



























(dwarf).. 



340 



29.0 



14.4 



9.3 



34.9 



9.6 







14.7 



53.3 



3.7 



17.9 



18.8 



White 



370 

 34 







8.8 

 5.2 



23.7 

 18.7 



13.5 

 3.0 





 



14.3 

 13.3 



37.3 

 44.3 



4.0 

 



14.5 

 12.1 





Red 



"hh'.i 



""4.'6' 



'"'ii'g 



Do.... 



356 

 316 







7.5 

 



24.3 

 40.0 



11.2 

 4.7 





 



15.8 

 12.7 



57.0 

 66.0 





 



16.5 

 17.6 





New 





'"k'.S 





Do.... 



314 





9.6 



5.7 



25.2 



11.8 







6.0 



46.7 







13.6 





Kaoliang: 



























Mukden... 



190 





12.8 



12.2 



25.1 



8.4 







14.9 



13.8 



3.4 



11.1 





Barchet... 



310 



"43.'i' 



9.4 



8.6 



30.7 



14.4 







6.2 



45.8 



3.4 



15.6 



""is." 6 



Manchu. . . 



171 



33.4 



18.1 



17.0 



29.3 



19.5 







20.0 



46.6 



6.6 



19.9 



21.2 



Shantung . 



293 



33.6 



3.5 



6.6 



27.6 



5.2 







12.4 



38.6 



1.7 



13.2 



14.4 



Parker 



424 







14.2 



28.0 



25.5 







20.7 



38.9 



3.1 



18.6 













The best varieties in the kafir group take third place in grain pro- 

 duction under Panhandle conditions. Dawn (dwarf) kafir and 

 Sunrise kafir lead with average yields of 17.9 and 17.5 bushels, respec- 

 tively, in the 7-year period. Dawn kafir, with an average acre yield of 

 18.8 bushels in the 9-year period, leads by more than 1 bushel over 

 its nedlrest competitor. The kafirs have a higher value as combined 

 grain and fodder crops than any other grain sorghums. In actual 



