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BULLETIN 1260, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
When forage is a secondary consideration and an assured grain crop 
is desired, the milos and feterita are preferable to the kajfirs under the 
more adverse conditions in the western part of the sorghum belt. 
Dwarf milo is by far the best variety of this group and makes up a 
large proportion of the grain-sorghum acreage in western Kansas, 
Oklahoma, and Texas and in eastern Colorado and Xew Mexico. It 
matured in 103 days at Chillicothe, Tex., 105 days at Hays. Kans., 
and 113 days at Amarillo, Tex. The longer season at Amarillo was 
largely the result of summer droughts. The yields of forage and 
grain have been consistently good. (Fig. 18.) Dwarf milo is pre- 
ferred to feterita by farmers because it is easier to obtain a good 
stand of the milo, it does not lodge so frequently, matures more 
uniformly, and the seed shatters less. 
Early White milo has made the largest grain yields at Hays. Kans., 
but is of little value from a forage standpoint. Excepting Freed 
Fig. 18.— Dwarf milo at Hays, Kans., in 1920. Seeded June 2. Photographed September 13. 
sorghum, this variety is the earliest of all the grain sorghums, matur- 
ing in 90 days at Hays. Early White milo has slender pithy stems 
and few leaves and lodges rather easily. It will no doubt be grown 
very little except under the most severe conditions. 
Dwarf White milo is a companion variety to the Dwarf milo 
(yellow) and very similar to the latter variety except for its white 
seeds. It matures at practically the same time and seems adapted 
to the same conditions. This variety is a late acquisition and may 
be improved by selection. At present it yields less than the Yellow 
milo. 
Feterita has made a good record under experimental conditions, 
especially at Hays, Kans., and Chillicothe, Tex. (See figs. 8 and 9.) 
This record was due in part, at least, to the care used in the prepara- 
tion of the seed bed and the uniformly late date of seeding. Good 
