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BULLETIN 1244, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 17. — Comparison of hay yields of Sudan grass when sown broadcast or in 

 closely drilled plats and in cultivated rows at 10 stations in the northern Great 

 Plains region in stated years. 



[Data in pounds per acre, field cured, except that the material was air dried at Redfield and Moccasinin 

 1922 and at Havre in 1921 and 1922. F= Killed by frost— not considered in the averages. ] 



Station and method o f 

 sowing. 



1912 1913 



1914 



1915 



191G 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



1921 



1922 



Aver- 

 age. 



Moccasin , Mont . : 



Rows 







1,100 

 1,140 



3,211 

 7,200 



1.830 



1,640 

 1,800 



7,220 

 8,090 



4,180 

 3,380 



589 

 707 



1,767 

 5,625 



1,460 

 1,650 



820 

 890 





 



4.117 

 6,725 



4,950 

 2,940 



2,660 

 3,140 



5,161 

 5, 775 



2,560 







F 



1,706 



S39 









F 



1 733J 897 



Redfield, S. Dak.: 



Rows 







5.537 

 7. 775 



1 110 



7,100 

 8,281 



2,860 4,622 









1 562 »« 7«M 



Mandan, N.Dak.;i 







3,215 





2 75S 









3,140 2.730 



3 310 1 2fiS 







2 631 



Sheridan , Wyo . 



















2,330 

 2.370 



2,S00 

 2,600 



1 5S0 



490 

 200 



1,100 



3,550 



1 Ml 



Close drills 











4 150 1 802 



Dickinson , N . Dak. : 2 











1 950 



Close drills 















1.0S0 i 1 S40 



Hettinger , N . Dak. : s 











5, ISO 

 4,050 



1,180 

 1,020 



2,625 



5,115 



fi. 300 



3,660 



3,980 



2,188 

 1,768 











5,160 

 4,820 



F 



F 



1,800 





3 182 













1,940 2 920 







3 100 



Havre, Mont. : 











o 









 



934 

 1,017 



1,143 



651 













1 0S0 0°3 



Highmore, S.Dak.: 4 



3,057 



4,255 



2,358 



5,320 



2,750 

 4,510 





3.523 



3,351 



2,797 



3.273 

 3,S40 



Williston,N.Dak.:5 



2, 255 

 



4,590 

 3,9S0 



4,180 

 3,670 



3,295 

 l.t90 



2,430 

 1,880 



2,100 

 



2,820 

 5,830 



















Ardmore, S.Dak.: 













Drilled . 

























1 Data from the records of the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations. 



2 Data from North Dakota Experiment Station Bulletin lt>o. 



3 Data from North Dakota Experiment Station Bulletins 130 and l.">0. 



4 Data from South Dakota Experiment Station Bulletin 174. 



5 Data from North Dakota Experiment Station Bulletin 158. 



eld, S Dak. This crop withstands drought well and win compete with 



millet as Car north as the southern part of North Dakota 



