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BULLETIN 976, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRTCULTUEE. 
June 3 in 1918. The late seeding was made on June 7 in 1917, on 
June 9 in 1916, on June 10 in 1914 and 1915, on June 12 in 1918, and 
on June 20 in 1919. 
Four varieties, Dwarf milo (C. I. No. 332), Feterita (C. I. No. 182), 
Dawn kafir (C. I. No. 340), and Manchu kaoliang (C. I. No. 171), 
were included in these experiments. One plat of each variety was 
seeded at an early date, one at a normal date, and one at a late date 
each year. In the early and late dates the varieties each occupied 
tenth-acre plats, and in the normal date they occupied twentieth-acre 
plats for each year during this 6-year period. 
The results obtained from the date-of-seeding experiments are 
shown in Tables V to IX, inclusive. The results for each variety are 
shown separately first, and the averages of the four varieties are then 
included in one table to facilitate comparison. 
Table V. — Yields and other agronomic data in date-of-seedirig experiments ivith Dwarf 
milo at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station, each year, during the 6-year period from 1914 
to 1919, inclusive. 
[In the statement of jdelds per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 
Year and time 
of seeding. 
Row space. 
Length of growing 
period. 
Suck- 
ers. 
Erect 
heads. 
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. 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
Feet. 
P. ct. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Bush. 
Early 
10.3 
3.6 
73 
28 
101 
64.7 
99.6 
3.3 
31.9 
5, 260 
1,680 
29.0 
Normal 
7.1 
3.8 
65 
26 
91 
47.2 
99.8 
3.0 
32.4 
5,440 
1,760 
30.3 
Late 
15.8 
3.8 
70 
26 
96 
76.1 
91.1 
3.3 
38.3 
4,100 
1,570 
27.1 
1915: 
Early 
27.4 
6.6 
84 
41 
125 
75.9 
73. 
3.8 
40.9 
8,320 
3,410 
58.8 
Normal 
12.1 
4.5 
74 
45 
119 
63.0 
91.6 
4.5 
39.3 
10,380 
4, 080 
70.3 
Late 
8.2 
3.5 
62 
36 
98 
57.7 
71.1 
3.8 
36.9 
9, 680 
3, 580 
61.7 
1916: 
Early 
6.9 
4.0 
80 
32 
112 
42.4 
99.3 
2.0 
18.0 
1,000 
180 
3.1 
Normal 
7.7 
3.7 
78 
36 
114 
52.6 
100 
2.3 
27.2 
2, 060 
560 
9.7 
Late 
8.3 
4.9 
69 
26 
95 
41.4 
80.2 
2.0 
20.3 
2,300 
470 
8.1 
1917: 
Early 
6.1 
3.6 
90 
15 
105 
41.3 
89.6 
3.3 
29.5 
7,360 
2,170 
37.4 
Normal 
6.1 
3.4 
70 
35 
105 
45.1 
78.8 
3.3 
20.8 
4, 800 
1,000 
17.2 
Late 
10.1 
5.8 
89 
28 
117 
42.7 
70.6 
4.3 
37.9 
5, 540 
2,100 
36.2 
1918: 
Early 
6.3 
5.2 
106 
26 
132 
18.6 
93:8 
2.3 
14.9 
1,140 
170 
2.9 
Normal 
4.7 
3.7 
83 
33 
116 
21.5 
92.1 
2.3 
15.6 
1,800 
280 
4.8 
4.2 
3.7 
80 
27 
107 
13.2 
96.0 
2.5 
14.7 
1,460 
215 
3.7 
1919: 
Early 
10.5 
4.4 
87 
36 
123 
58.1 
3.3 
25.4 
4, 600 
1,170 
20.2 
Normal 
Late 
17.0 
5.7 
5. 7 
3.1 
76 
63 
27 
19 
103 
82 
66.4 
46.1 
3.3 
4.0 
48.3 
28.8 
5,840 
4, 540 
2,820 
1,310 
48.6 
22.6 
DWARF MILO. 
Table V shows the agronomic data for Dwarf milo in the date-of- 
seeding experiments. (Fig. 5.) This table shows that the stands 
obtained from the different dates of seeding are not comparable in all 
cases in the same year or in the different years. The row space to the 
plant ranged from about 5 to 8 inches in 11 of the 18 plats used in the 
experiment. In 6 of the 7 plats remaining, the row space ranged 
from 10 to 17 inches, and in the other plat it was 27 inches. The thin 
