_ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 698 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
as 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER October 31, 1918 
GRAIN-SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS IN 
_ ‘THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS 
By 
CARLETON R. BALL, Cerealist in Charge, and BENTON E. 
ROTHGEB, Scientific Assistant in Charge of Grain-Sorghum 
and Broom-Corn Investigations, Office of Cereal Investigations 
CONTENTS 
Introduction The Grain Sorghums—Continued 
The Panhandle Experimental Conditions . . 
Location . 3 Varietal Experiments .. .~ 
Altitude and Drainage The Milo-Durra Group . 
Sodco ask ne The KafirGroup. .. + 
Climatic Conditions aiemlo eats The Kaoliang Group . . 
Recent Agricultural History. .. . The Shallu Group .. .- 
The Cereal Field Stations .... Comparative Yields of All the 
The Grain Sorghums Groups 
Classification . .. . Conclusions 
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