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that of milo. In no year has the average yield of all lots of the Alba 
variety exceeded the average yield of all lots of standard milo. Like- 
wise, the highest yielding Alba has never equaled the highest yield- 
ing milo. In 1915, the year of bumper yields, however, the average 
» yield of the two lots of Alba equaled the average yield of the five lots 
of milo, being 61.8 and 61.4 bushels per acre, respectively. In short, 
Alba milo is almost identical with milo in all its adaptations, but so 
far is slightly below milo in yield. The annual and average yields of 
one strain are compared with those of the other milos and durras in 
Table XVIII. 
~TasLeE XI.—Annual and average acre yields of all lots of Alba, or White, milo grown at 
the Amarillo Cereal Field Station during periods of varying length in the seven years 
from 1910 to 1916, inclusive. 
[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 
Annual yields (bushels). | Average yields. 
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FETERITA. 
Feterita' is a variety of the milo group introduced from the 
British-Egyptian Sudan. It is similar to milo in most of the char- 
acters of the stalks and leaves. In height it averages about 5 feet 
under Panhandle conditions, or about 1 foot taller than milo. The 
head or spike is more elongated, elliptical rather than ovate in out- 
line, somewhat less compact than that of milo, and always erect. 
The seeds are a chalky white, or sometimes bluish white, rather than 
a yellowish white or pale buff. The seeds also are softer than those 
of milo, and hence more likely to decay in a cold, wet soil. A plat 
of feterita grown at Amarillo, Tex., in 1915, is shown in figure 7. 
One importation was received in time to be included in the experi- 
ments in the spring of 1908, while a second was added in 1914. Only 
12 plats have been grown, therefore, in the 9-year period. The 
results obtained are shown in Table XII. 
The total length of the growing period of feterita has varied greatly 
in the nine years. The average is about 107 days. In general, the 
responses of feterita have been about the same as those of milo to . 
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1 Vinall, H.N., and Ball,C. R. Feterita, a new variety of sorghum. In U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant 
Indus. Cir. 122, p. 25-32, 1913. 
