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CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORT 5, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Table 16. — Effect oj soil moisture and fertilizer treatments on the test weight oj hybrid grain sorghum for 



1956-59 



Test Weight Data 



Year 



Fertilizer treatment 



Weight for moisture treatment of — 



Average 

 for all 





No. 



Nitrogen 



p 2 o 6 



M, 



M 2 



M 3 



M 4 



M 5 



M, 



treat- 

 ments 



1956 



Lb. /acre 



/F, 



F 2 



F 3 



1F 4 



F s 



.F 6 



Lb. /acre 

 240 

 

 60 

 120 

 240 

 240 



Lb./bu. 

 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 60 



Lb./bu. 

 56.3 

 56.7 

 56.3 

 56.3 

 56. 1 

 56.4 



Lb./bu. 



47. 5 

 50.2 



49. 7 



50. 6 

 47.3 



48. 2. 



Lb./bu. 

 57.0 

 57. 5 

 57.3 

 57.3 

 57. 

 56.8 



Lb./bu. 

 58.4 

 58.6 

 58.6 

 58. 5 

 57. 1 

 58.6 



Lb./bu. 

 57. 7 

 57. 7 

 57.9 

 57.8 

 58.2 

 57.4 



Lb./bu. 



54. 1 

 54.6 

 55.2 



55. 1 

 54.8 

 55. 1 



Lb./bu. 

 55.2 

 55.9 

 55.8 





56. 

 55. 1 

 55.4 



Average 









56.4 



48.9 



57. 1 



58.3 



57.8 



54.8 



55. 6 













1957 



(F. 



F 2 



F 3 



JF 4 



F 5 



>F 6 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 



57. 2 



56. 4 

 56.6 

 56.8 



57. 4 

 57.4 



58.6 

 58.2 

 58. 1 

 58.2 

 58.6 

 58.6 



58.3 

 57.8 

 58. 1 

 58.2 

 58.7 

 58.5 



59. 

 58.2 

 58.6 



58.8 

 59. 1 



58.8 



58.9 

 58.4 

 58.0 

 58.3 

 59. 

 59. 2 



58.3 

 58.2 

 57.9 

 58. 

 58.6 

 58.4 



58.4 

 57.9 

 57.9 





58. 

 58.6 

 58.5 



Average 









57. 



58.4 



58.3 



58.8 



58. 6 



58.2 



58. 2 













1958 



(F, 



F 2 



,F, 



1F« 



F 5 



JF, 



240 

 

 60 

 120 

 240 

 240 





 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 60 



49.8 

 55.2 

 51.9 

 49.8 

 49.8 

 50. 5 



57. 1 

 59. 

 58.8 

 58.4 

 58.0 

 58.2 



59.4 



58. 1 

 58.8 

 59.4 



59. 6 

 59.6 



59.3 



58. 



59. 1 

 59.2 

 59. 6 

 59.4 



58.8 

 57.6 



58. 5 



59. 1 

 59.0 

 59.3 



59. 6 

 58.5 

 59.2 

 59. 5 

 59.8 

 59.4 



57.3 

 57.7 

 57.7 





57. 6 

 57.6 



57.7 



Average 









51.2 



58.2 



59. 2 



59. 1 



58.7 



59.3 



57.6 













1959 



fF, 



F 2 



,F, 



IF, 



F 6 



.F, 



240 

 

 60 

 120 

 240 

 240 





 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 60 



57.2 

 58.9 

 58.3 

 57.8 

 58.2 

 58.2 



57. 1 

 58.4 

 58.6 

 57.3 

 57.4 

 57.3 



57. 1 

 57.4 



58. 1 

 58. 

 56.2 

 57. 5 



57.9 

 57.3 

 58.2 

 58.3 

 58.3 

 56. 7 



58.5 

 56.8 

 58.6 



57.8 



58. 7 



59. 



58.2 

 58.0 

 58.8 

 59. 1 

 59.0 

 59.0 



57.6 

 57.8 

 58.4 

 58.0 

 57.9 

 57.9 





Average 









58. 1 



57. 7 



57.4 



57.8 



58.2 



58. 7 



57.9 















(F t 







55. 1 

 56.8 

 55. 8 

 55. 2 

 55.4 

 55.6 



55. 1 

 56.4 

 56.3 



56. 1 

 55.3 

 55.6 



58. 



57. 7 



58. 1 

 58.2 

 57.9 

 58. 1 



58.6 

 58. 

 58.6 

 58. 7 

 58. 5 

 58.4 



58. 5 



57. 6 

 58.2 

 58.2 



58. 7 

 58. 7 



57.6 

 57.3 

 57.8 

 57.9 

 58. 

 58.0 



57. 1 





F 2 







57.3 





If 3 







57.4 



1956-59 average . . 



}F 4 







57.4 





F 5 







57.3 





\F t 







57.4 













Overall average. 









55. 7 



55.8 



58. 



58.5 



58.3 



57.8 



57.3 













Analysis of Variance 



Component 



Degrees of 

 freedom 



Mean squares * 



1956 



1957 



1958 



1959 



Moisture (M) 



Error (a) 



Fertilizer (F) . 



M X F 



Error (b) 



Total 



1 *= Significant at the 5-percent level; **= significant at the 1-percent level. 



5 

 15 



5 

 25 

 90 



289. 35** 

 3. 05 

 3. 50** 

 1. 49* 

 .75 



10. 11** 



.46 



2. 30** 



. 12 



.27 



243. 95** 



1.99 



.61 



4. 96** 



1.48 



143 



5. 00** 

 1.05 

 1.66* 

 1. 66** 

 .61 



