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other sorghum crops. However, quahty and uniformity 

 in the crop is as important as yield, and more precaution 

 must therefore be taken to have the land uniform, and the 



Fig. 116. — Poor and good heads of standard and dwarf broom-corn (after 

 C. P. Hartley) : a, poor head of dwarf with large center ; b, head of 

 dwarf inclosed in " boot " ; c, good grade of dwarf for whisks ; d, long 

 head of dwarf with characteristic weakness at point x ; e and /, good 

 grades of standard hurl ; g, good head of solf-working ; h, poor grade 

 of standard because of heavy center ; i, smutted head. 



stand uniform. Also, the cost of harvesting is much 

 increased if the crop does not ripen so that it can all be 

 harvested at one time. 



