SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS ON THE GREAT PLAINS. 
17 
Table 2. 
for one 
Continued 
—Agronomic data regarding sorghum varieties grown at Hays, Kans. 
or more seasons in the 8-year period from 1914 to 1921, inclusive— 
Serial Xo. 
o 
Si 
co 
C3 
CD 
>> 
a 
o 
CD 
CO 
bO 
! 
I p 
o 
D 
imensions 
.inches) . 
Yields per acre. 
Variety. 
Row space. 
c 
03 
"S 
O 
.c 
.SP 
M 
Air-dry Threshed 
forage. seed. 
1 
= I w 
= a 
c o 
Ph =1 
CO i oi 
■= : e 
3 en 
p = 
3 orgos— Continued. 
Sumac . ... 
[F.C.I. 1446 1914 4.8 
S. P. I. 35038 1915 5.4 
K. S. A. C.428....I 1918 4.6 
2.7 
"""3.1 
3.5 
6.9 
3.5 
""96 
55 
74 
81 
69 
6,620 3.31 
10. 867 5. 43 
6. 010 3. 01 
10. 180 5. 09 
14. 060 7. 03 
7, 860 3. 93 
1C 
47 
C 
2,87£ 
C 
43c 
.2 
.8 

[1919 
K. S. A. C.4S3 41920 
1 (.1921 
ll-i 0.0 
10.4 
104| 5. 2 
51.4 

7.8 
Average. . 
6.2 
3.9 
75 
9. 266; 4. 63 
562 
10 
Grain sorghums: 
Dwarf White kafir 
C. I. 342 
[1914 
1915 
•{1917 
1918 
(.1919 
102 
111 
112 
11.5 
7.3 
8.7 
6.2 
21.6 
9.7 
"""72 
3.8 
16.7 
""72 
50 
42 
44 
4, 980 2. 49 
6, 000 3. 00 
5, 240 2. 62 
3, 900 1. 95 
2, 440 1. 22 
1,260 
1,587 
20 
105 
938 
22.5 
28.3 
.4 
1.9 
16.8 
Average _. 
108 
11. 1 9. 4 
52 
4, 512 2. 26 782 
14.0 
C. I. 340 
T1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
.1921 
Dawn kafir . 
102 
115 
101 
114 
94 
9.3 
7.0 
10.3 
12.5 
7.1 
"~9."6 
9.9 
""72 
38 
44 
36 
46 
61 
54 
6,330 3.17 1,715 
6,833 3.42! 1,383 
2, 070 1. 04! 150 
5, 800 2. 90 1 70 
30.6 
24.7 
2.7 
1.3 
6. 
8.7 
6.3 
5.3 
3.4 
6.0 
6.0 
4.0 
3, 560 1. 78 
5, 140 2. 57 
10. 090 5. 05 
5, 655 1 2, 83 
2bU 
1,909 
3,020 
1,883 
4.6 
34.1 
53.9 
33.6 
Average. ... 
105 
8.2 
6.5 
50 
5,685| 2.85 
1,299 
23.2 
C. I. 472.... 
Sunrise kafir 
fl914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
11919 
Il920 
[1921 
102 

""107 
117 
97 
8.2 
4.1 
6.9 
23.1 
8.4 
13.2 
5.9 
5.5 
5.2 
"~6."6 
14.3 
4.5 
8.3 
5.8 
4.3 
""78 
48 
69 
53 
60 
82 
75 
7,190 3.60 1,495 
8, 080 4. 04) 
2, 700 1. 35 
3, 890 1. 95 35 
4,980 2.49; 380 
4,350 2.18 1,350 
10,350 5.18 2,610 
6,840 3.42: 1,808 
26.7 


.6 
6.8 
24.1 
46.6 
32.3 
Average. . _. 
106 
9. 4 7. 
66 
6,048 3.03 960 
17. 1 
CI. 330 
[1914 ' 
1915 
1916 
1917 
U918 
Dwarf Blackhull kafir. 
90 
115 
"~5."8 
5.3 
18.0 
6.7 
7.4 
"~5."8 
14.3 
3.8 
""§6 
38 
48 
36 
4, 150 2. 081 955 
7,8331 3. 92 1,240 
2,380 1.19 110 
3,720 1,86 60 
2. 850 1. 43 50 
17.1 
22.1 
2.0 
1.1 
.9 
Average. _ ... ..... 
9. 7. 8 
51 4,187 : 2.10 483 
8.6 
(1914 
\1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
fS. P. I. 17569 ' 
1 
Blackhull kafir i F '■ C " L 5894 : 
C. I. 204 
K. S. A. C. 539__| 
[K. S. A. C. 608_.: 
102 
~"l09 
""l08 
3.5 
6.2 
6.0 
15.1 
8.0 
9.1 
14.0 
13.5 
2.9 
"To 
9.7 
4.2 
6.3 
13.3 
11.4 
7,100 3.55 
80 8,300 4.15 
40 2,750 1.38 
52 6,020 3.01 
41 3,440 1.72 
48 4,240 2.12 
66 7,190 3.60 
57 6,450 3.23 
503 
690 


243 
1,177 
1,010 
1,965 
9.0 
12.3 


4.3 
21.0 
18.0 
35.1 
Average _ .. 
9.4 
7.8 
55 5.686 2.85J 699 
12.5 
White kafir S. P. I. 19695 < 
[1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 , 
105 
7.6 
5.5 
7.3 
13.2 
8.0 
5.1 
"""72 
10.9 
4.7 
i 5,160 2.58 548 
60 7,220 3.61 
40 3,580 1.79 
54 5,250 2.63 
45 3,950 1.98 50 
9.8 



.9 
Average ' 
8.3 7.0 
50 5.032J 2.52 120 
2.1 
