GRAIN SORGHUMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. 17 
shows the averages for all dates in all years. The yields also are 
graphically shown in figure 6. 
FETERITA. 
The agronomic data recorded for feterita in the d a te-of -seeding 
experiments are shown in Table VI, and the yields are shown also in 
Table IX, for comparison with other varieties. 
Table VI. — Yields and other agronomic data in date-of -seeding experiments with feterita 
at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station, each year, during the 6-year period from 1914 to 
1919, inclusive. 
[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 
Year and time 
of seeding. 
Row space. 
Length of growing 
period. 
Suck- 
ers. 
Head- 
ed. 
Height 
of 
plants. 
Grain 
in 
crop. 
Yields per acre. 
Plants. 
Stalks. 
Vege- 
tative. 
Fruit- 
ing. 
Total. 
Total 
crop. 
Grain. 
1914: 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Days. 
Days. 
Days. 
Per ct. 
Perct. 
Feet. 
Perct. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Bush. 
Early...... 
52.8 
13.0 
73 
28 
101 
75.4 
99.0 
5.0 
25.6 
3, 160 
810 
14.0 
Normal 
n.8 
4.9 
60 
29 
89 
58.3 
63.6 
4.5 
23.4 
4,600 
1,075 
18.3 
Late 
17.9 
6.1 
57 
39 
96 
65.9 
88.0 
4.3 
35.1 
4, 780 
1,680 
29.0 
1915: 
Early 
26.0 
5.9 
83 
40 
123 
77.1 
100 
5.5 
27.4 
7,640 
2, 100 
36.2 
Normal 
25.0 
7.3 
68 
51 
119 
70.6 
100 
5.3 
35.1 
8,600 
3,020 
52.1 
Late 
9.2 
4.0 
62 
36 
98 
57.0 
.85.6 
5.0 
31.1 
9,220 
2, 870 
49.5 
1916: 
Early 
5.4 
3.7 
80 
51 
131 
32.3 
31.8 
2.3 
21.9 
1,960 
430 
7.4 
Normal 
8.2 
4.2 
67 
46 
113 
48.6 
48.8 
3.0 
31.8 
2,640 
840 
14.5 
Late 
8.3 
7.8 
64 
33 
107 
6.3 
100 
3.3 
34.5 
2,260 
780 
13.4 
1917: 
Early 
6.1 
3.4 
83 
80 
24 
107 
44.5 
4.0 
20.5 
5, 800 
1,190 
20.5 
Normal 
7.7 
3.7 
25 
105 
51.3 
4.5 
20.9 
5,920 
1,240 
21.4 
Late 
10.7 
5.6 
74 
33 
107 
47.8 
5.0 
33.8 
4,867 
1,645 
28.4 
1918: 
Early 
12.3 
8.7 
89 
50 
139 
29.3 
69.5 
3.0 
14.6 
960 
140 
2.4 
Normal 
7.0 
5.3 
73 
43 
116 
24.6 
62.8 
3.0 
20.0 
1,200 
240 
4.1 
Late 
5.3 
3.8 
66 
41 
107 
28.1 
62.7 
3.3 
35.4 
1,440 
510 
8.8 
1919: 
Early 
35.2 
9.1 
83 
39 
122 
74.2 
100 
5.0 
14.4 
4, 240 
610 
10.5 
Normal 
63.4 
16.1 
67 
31 
98 
74.6 
100 
4.8 
41.1 
3,920 
1,200 
20.7 
11.7 
4.6 
52 
30 
82 
60.4 
100 
4.5 
37.5 
4,900 
1,840 
31.7 
The stands of feterita in general were not as good as those of Dwarf 
milo. In 1914 the stand in the early-sown plat was only one plant to 
approximately 53 inches of row space, and in 1919 the plants in the 
plats sown on early and normal dates averaged 35.2 inches and 63.4 
inches of row space, respectively. These stands produced suckers to 
the extent of 75 per cent, which reduced the stalk space to distances 
ranging from 9 to 16 inches. Even then, however, these plats were 
not directly comparable with the others in the same years. When 
there is a large number of suckers, usually some of them are late and 
do not form heads. These tend to increase the total crop yield, but 
add nothing to the grain yield. 
There is a wide range in yield from the different dates in the same 
year and in the different years. The early date made the low yield 
each year. The normal date made the high yield in two of the six 
years, while the late-sown plat led in four years. These yields are 
compared in Table IX and may be seen at a glance in figure 7. 
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