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other sorghum crops. How^yer, quaUty 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 ; 6, 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 self-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. 



