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such as milo, plantings made as late as April 1 gave heavier yields 
than earlier plantings. This was due largely to the fact that there 
was a poor stand in the earlier plantings. 
GRAIN-SORGHUM YIELDS COMPARED WITH CORN. 
Two varieties of grain sorghum, Dwarf milo and Sudan durra, 
were grown in comparison with 42 of the most common types of 
Texas corn. Sudan durra gave a yield of 57 bushels per acre and 
Dwarf milo 638 bushels per acre, while the best strain of corn gave a 
yield of 40 bushels per acre, with an average of about 30 bushels for 
the field. 
Fig. 7.—Dwarf broom corn on the San Antonio Experiment Farm. An average yield of 
657 pounds of brush per acre was obtained from plantings made on three different 
dates in 1912. (Photographed June 15, 1912.) 
DISTRIBUTION OF SORGHUM SEED. 
More than 150 requests for grain-sorghum seed were received from 
near-by farmers, and 209 packages were sent out to 103 of these. The 
varieties distributed were Dwarf milo, Sudan durra, and Dwarf 
Blackhull kafir. Much interest is being shown by the farmers in 
western Texas in the production of this grain crop, since the corn 
yields have been low during the past four years. y 
BROOM CORN. 
In connection with grain-sorghum tests, three varieties of broom 
corn were planted, Dwarf broom corn (fig. 7) being planted on three 
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