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BULLETIN 1260, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 2. — Agronomic data regarding sorghum varieties grown at Hays, Kant 
for one or more seasons in the 8-year -period from 1914 to 1921, inclusive- 
Continued. 
Serial No. 
a 
o 
05 
32 
3 
c 
© 
c 
Dimensions 
(inches). 
Yields per acre. 
Variety. 
Row space. 
I 
ft 
o 
by 
' '- 
Air-dry 
forage. 
Threshed 
seed. 
1 M 
a 
§ 
p4 
tr. 
a 
o 
E-i 
O = 
- DQ 
Grain sorghums— Contd. 
Duallo 
F. C. 1.8523 
[1914 
{1915 
[1916 
93 
104 
108 
1L3 6.2 
6.6 
5. 5 4. 8 
7. 8i 5. 5 
40 
4,160 ! 2.08 
9, 033 4. 52 
2, 110 1. 06 
1, 505 26. 9 
1, 843 32. 9 
320 5. 7 
102 
63 
5. 101 2. 55 
1 223 21 8 
F. C. i: 03196 
J1920 
\1921 
115 
95 
5.8! 5.2 
5. 8 4. 2 
79 
9, 130 4. 57 
2, 430 43. 4 
63 5. 910 2. 96 
855 1 5. 3 
Average . . 
105 
5. 8 ; 4. 7 
71 j 7,520 3.77 
1. 643 29 4 
F. C. 1.9085 
/1920 
\1921 
Husserita 
102 
84 
5.9 4.9 
7. 4 5. 2 
68| 9, 380 4. 69 
65 4.905 2.45 
3. 387 60. 5 
1, 425 25. 4 
93 
6. 7 5 1 
67! 7. 143 3. 57 
2 406 43 
F. C. 1.03427 
/1920 
\1921 
Sudan corn 
106 
95 
6.8 
6.1 
5.7 
4.2 
86) 9, 560; 4. 78 
73 j 6.105 3.05 
1, 880 33. 6 
458 8. 2 
Average 
101 
6. 5 5. 
80! 7,833 3.92 
1, 169 20. 9 
Early Buff durra 
F. C. I. 02554 
[1917 
•,'1918 
[1919 
""85 
90 
11.9 11.3 
6. 2i 3. 5 
12. 6| 8. 
49 1 1, 490 . 75 
64 3,810 1.91 
56; 4. 450| 2. 23 
295 5. 3 
890 1 5. 9 
2. 122 37. 9 
Average 
88 
10.2 7.6 
56 3,250 1.63 
1. 102 19. 7 
Progressive kafir 
F. C. I. 02249 
[1916 
J 1917 
[1918 
11919 
~"i(J4 
13. 3 11. 4 
27. 3 21. 7 
17.5 15.0 
13. 9 11. 3 
36; 1,240; .62 
501 3,330 1.67 
47 2,780 1.39 
50 4.770 2.39 
30 . 5 
60 1. 1 
650 11. 6 
1.842 32.9 
Average ... _ 
18. 0. 14. 9 
46| 3, 030 1. 52 
! 
646 11. 5 
1 
Summary for the More Important Sorghum Varieties. 
Variety. 
Sorgos: 
Black Amber 
Red Amber 
Western Orange 
Kansas Orange 
Sumac l . '. 
Grain sorghums: 
Dawn kafir 
Sunrise kafir 
Blackhull kafir 
Pink kafir 2 
Red kafir 
Dwarf begari } 
Dwarf Yellow milo. 
Early While milo.. 
Feterita 
Schrock sorghum.. 
Freed sorghum 
Corn 
Grow- 
ing 
season. 
Da us. 
90 
95 
100 
105 
106 
mi 
105 
Row 
1 
space, j 
Plant. 
Stalk. 
Inches. 
Inches. 
6.5 
4.8 
5.5 
3.7 
6.8 
4.7 
7.0 
4.5 
6.1 
4.3 
8.2 
6. 5 
9.4 
7.0 
9.4 
7.8 
9.0 
8.0 
7.8 
6.6 
9.7 
5.3 
11. 1 
7.0 
8.6 
6.5 
8.9 
6.4 
9.3 
6.7 
7.9 
5.5 
15.6 
13.5 
Yields per acre. 
Height 
of 
plants. 
Air-dr; forage. 
Aver- I Rela- 
age. tive. 
Inches. 
Tons. 
1 1 
3.21 
78 
3.61 
68 
3.34 
79 
3.99 
70 
4.26 
50 
2.85 
66 
3.03 
55 
2.85 
55 
3.05 
i5 
2. 76 
52 
3.04 
46 
2.61 
59 
2.39 
61 
2.46 
50 
2.80 
68 
2.24 
i,l 
1.98 
Per ct. 
89 
100 
111 
lis 
100 
L06 
L00 
11)7 
97 
107 
92 
84 
86 
98 
79 
Thresh. 
Aver- Rela- 
age. tive. 
Bush. 
25.8 
19.6 
25. 7 
.", 6 
7.6 
23. 2 
17.1 
12.5 
22. 5 
16.6 i 
25. 1 
22. 1 
26. 5 
24. 5 
15.0 
22. 4 
14.1 i 
Per ct. 
132 
100 
131 
29 
39 
100 
74 
54 
97 
72 
109 
9£ 
114 
106 
65 
97 
61 
"The results obtained with Early Sumac in 1916 and 1917 were used to computing these 8-year avi 
2 Pink kafir C. 1. No. 432 was not grown in 1914; hence the 8-year averages include the results for S. I'. I. 
No. 19742 for thai ye ai 
3 Dwarf hegari failed to gei inmate to 1917; hence there were no data for thai year, and the averages are 
or seven years only. 
