SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS ON THE GREAT PLAINS. 
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Table 2. — Agronomic data regarding sorghum varieties grown at Hays, Kans., for 
one or more seasons in the 8-year period from 1914 to 1921, inclusive. 
Serial No. 
c 
s 
a 
o 
3 
<s 
CO 
tuO 
a 
'% 
S 

Dimensions 
(inches). 
Yields per acre. 
Variety. 
Row space. 
co 
C 
C. 
to 
"3 
w 
Air-dry 
forage. 
Threshed 
seed. 
1 
s 
02 
CO 
a 
3 

CO 
a 
o 
H 
co' _£ 
© - 
Sorgos: 
Dakota Amber 
[F. C. I. 1528 
F. C.I. 1614. 
1915 
[1916 
1917 
{1918 
1919 
1 1920 
100 
82 
"""79 
83 
92 
5.2 
6.1 
9.6 
7.5 
7.6 
8.4 
"T§ 
7.9 
3.2 
6.2 
5.4 
102 
48 
50 
63 
65 
75 
7,933 
3,530 
2,080 
3,480 
4,850 
7,520 
3.97 
1.77 
1.04 
1.74 
2.43 
3.76 
2, 257 40. 3 
1, 040 18. 6 
570 10. 2 
1, 065 19. 
1,876 33.5 
2, 640 47. 1 
87 
7.4 
5.4 
67 
4,899 
2.45 
1, 575 28. 1 
[S. Dakota 341 
IF. C.I. 7038 
1 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
.1921 
87 
96 
90 
"""85 
87 
102 
81 
4.7 
5.0 
4.7 
6.8 
5.1 
8.5 
12.5 
5.0 
3.2 
"""3.9 
6.3 
"""l09 
54 
69 
5,020 
9,767 
4,360 
5,730 
2.51 
4.88 
2.18 
2.87 
2.44 
3.28 
4.41 
3.14 
1, 610 28. 8 
2, 027 : 36. 2 
400 7. 1 
1,110 19.8 
3. 4 
5.0: 68 6,550 
7.7! 86 8,820 
3. 8 1 85 6,285 
310| 5. o 
1,777 31.7 
2, 470 44. 1 
1, 868 33. 4 
90 
6.5 
4.8 77' 6,425 
3.21 
1,447 25.8 
F. C. I. 8572-2 
[1915 
1916 
•h917 
1918 
11919 
Early (Black) Amber. 
93 
87 
"""85 
87 
5.2 
4.9 
5.7 
4.5 
7.4 
"~4." 2 
5.5 
3.3 
4.6 
115|l0,300 
60 3,990 
73i 4,670 
76| 5,610 
72 5,270 
5.15 
2.00 
2.34 
2.81 
2.64 
827 14. 8 
220 3. 9 
560 10. 
605 10. 8 
1, 575 28. 1 
Average 
88 
5.5 
4.4 
79 
5,968 
2.99 
757 13. 5 
Red Amber 
S. P.I. 17548 
'1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
.1921 
90 
99 
94 
"""93 
93 
107 
86 
3.5 
4.3 
3.1 
4.9 
5.1 
8.8 
8.7 
5.4 
2.2 
"""2.9 
3.9 
2.9 
4.4 
6.1 
3.5 
""166 
54 
68 
67 
70 
96 
86 
5,850 
11,433 
5,040 
5,880 
6,260 
6,900 
10, 140 
6.210 
2.93 
5.72 
2.52 
2.94 
3.13 
3.45 
5.07 
3.11 
860 15. 4 
1, 503 26. 8 
170 3. 
980^ 17.5 
3951 7. 1 
1, 658 29. 6 
1, 8601 33. 2 
1, 350 24. 1 
Average 
95 
5.5 
3. 7 ; 78 
7,214 
3.61 
1,097 19.6 
Red Amber.. 
F. C.I. 6585 
1 
[1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
U921 
99 
90 
""85 
87 
105 
83! 
5.1 
6.6 
5.6 
5.1 
7.8 
7.8 
6.3 
90 
4.8 48 
5. 8! 60 
3. 3i 65 
4. 9 60 
5.4j 80 
4.4 74 
9,600 
3,590 
4,280 
4,990 
6,370 
9,960 
5,415 
4.80 
1.80 
2.14 
2.50 
3.19 
4.98 
2.71 
1, 927 34. 4 
580 10. 4 
890 : 15. 9 
835 14. 9 
2, 360 42. 1 
3, 390 60. 5 
1, 710 30. 5 
Average. 
92 6.3 
4. 8 68 
6.315 
3.16 
1, 670 29. 8 
Black Dwarf 
F. C.I. 7085 
... 
[1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
U918 
94 8.2 
111 6.2 
100 3. 7 
5.8 
93 5.9 
5.1 
""3.4 
5.3 
4.1 
92 
48 
59 
56 
6, 048 
11,067 
4.940 
3,840 
4,690 
3.02 
5.53 
2.47 
1.92 
2.35 
1, 280 22. 9 
1, 383 24. 7 
270 4. 8 
540 9. 6 
255 4.6 
Average 
100 6. 
4.5 
64 
6,117 3.06 
746 13. 3 
Cole's Evergreen 
F. C.I. 01979 
[1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
ll918 
102 679 
i 5.5 
2.0 
5.5 
i 3.8 
4.1 
""I."9 
6.0 
2.3 
""ill 
42 
66 
60 
6,960 3.48, 590 10.5 
11,200 5.60 550 9.8 
6,190 3.10 
6. 270 3. 141 60 1. 1 
5,620 2.8l! 
Average 
| 4.7 
3.6 
70 
7, 248 3. 63 
240 4. 3 
1914 
[1915 
1916 
[1917 
[1918 
1919 
11920 
(1921 
94 7. 6 
4.5 
5, 808 2. 90 
10, 600 5. 30 
3, 220 1. 61 
4, 680 2. 34 
4, 920 2. 46 
6,070 3.04 
11.210 5.61 
6, 975 3. 49 
1, 760 31. 4 
Western Orange 
F. C.I. 6976 
F. C.I. 9073 
111 
102! 
""93 
97 
112 
90 
100 
6.0 
5.2 
6.0 
6.5 
9.0 
7.6 
6.2 
""3.9 
5.6 
3.5 
6.1 
4.6 
4.5 
96 
38 
65 
58 
64 
80 
76 
2, 157 38. 5 
290 5. 2 
780 13. 9 
410 7.3 
1,617 28.9 
2, 860 51. 1 
1, 620 28. 9 
Average 
6.8 
4.7 
68 
6,685 3.34 
1,437 25.7 
