40 BULLETIN 698, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the same conditions. The shortest period recorded is 93 days, in 
1914, and the longest 122 days, in 1912, though the total duration in’ 
1910, 1915, and 1916 was between 115 and 119 days. In 1910 the 
vegetative and ripening periods were both prolonged, while in the 
last two years only the ripening period was extended. The reasons ¢ 
for these facts have been already stated under ‘‘Milo”’ and ‘‘ Dwarf 
milo’’ and need not be repeated here. 
TaBLE XII.—Agronomic.data for feterita grown at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station 
during the 9-year period from 1908 to 1916, inclusive. 
[In the statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 58 pounds.] 
Row space.| Length of period. Aaa Seed in— | Yields per acre. 
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C. I. No. 182: | Ins. | Ins. |Days.|Days.|Days.|Perct.|Perct.| Feet. |Perct.|Perct.|Perct.| Lbs. Lbs. | Bus. 
190Se 10.0] 4.4 7A Sb ls OPT BESO feassce 6.15" be Sabet 42. Bae eee 40.2 
NOOO Sete ees. 16.1] 10.3 72 27 ONT Slo ES Gosalisqsosollscos Sol eesweere iY Petal eer seet ese 9.3 
1 OLO Renee Sian Gas 80 36 | 116} 75.1 |100.0} 5.5 | 73.6 | 33.3 | 45.2 |2,570 |1,891 | 14.7 
TOT See ee 14.6 bee 67 35 102 | 64.0 |100.0 5.5 | 56.4 | 38.8 | 68.7 |4,775 |2, 695 31.9 
1912 eee TER ecb g} 76 46 | 122 | 64.5] 85.9} 4.3 | 63.5 | 37.5 | 59.0 |3, 780 |2,403 | 24.5 
Gs Byars si ahe er Ten Asa (a{2)5| nie Se a RSs ee AQ3 Woes Se SS SS eA eee 5 ee ee ee 
OVA se ee 11.8 4.9 60 29 89 | 58.3 | 63.6 Arr 5i|h Se ates DO Ral eee 4,600 |...... 18.5 
1OlOU ae cece 25.0 fos 68 51 119 | 70.6 {109.0 Seon eee Bid bao se S56005|2aeee= Dood 
[9IGsaetecwes 8.2 4.2 67 46 113 | 48.6 | 48.8 85 (G) tesoos] SlASa| sees 2, 640) eee 14.5 
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LOLA tee 9.9} 4.0 80 ie CEN) RIA OB) WZ) te NWO @llescass 4,000 |.....- 3 
GIDL eRe ae 34.6} 11.3 74 45 119 | 67.8 | 86.1 OES losaase AN A ee ete lOS40Ul a seee 41.7 
NOLO Reese Wed 3.8 79 37 116 | 50.5 | 23.6 OHO Rete 16245 |-eeeee S540 eee 10.0 
Average: 
IQl4e oss cS 10.8} 4.4 70 23 OST Sie le A4eo) pe anon aeenee W760 Geseos ASS (0n|=eaae 12.9 
Gaetan 29.8 9.3 71 48 119 | 69.0 | 95.5 Heo) |Qoseoe ats eles sie W220ne eo see 46.9 
HOUGE Ase see ee Wee fe) 4.0 73 42 | 115 } 49.5 | 36.2 Ry Se see DAS eh eee 30900 Baanee 12.2 
The average drill-row space per plant and per stalk in feterita is 
somewhat longer than in the case of milo. This is due chiefly to the 
softer seed and consequent poorer germination under unfavorable 
conditions, such as the dry spring weather in 1910 and the wet 
weather in 1915. In these two years the plant space was 37.3 and 
29.8 inches, respectively, the widest spacing recorded for any variety 
in any year. The closest was 7.9 inches in 1913 and 1916. 
The stalk space has varied only about half as widely, owing to 
the very free tillering of feterita. It has been more difficult to as- 
sign the proper limits to the vegetative and fruiting periods of 
feterita than to those of any of the other commercial varieties. This 
is due to the more uneven stands obtained and the greater variation 
in the number and percentage of suckers produced. Under dry 
spring conditions even a thin stand of feterita may head at an average. 
height of only 3 or 3.5 feet. Under the influence of subsequent 
rains it may continue to produce suckers for some weeks, and these 
in turn continue to produce heads and to ripen seed. This condition 
represents really not one crop but two or three crops in succession 
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