86 BULLETIN 698, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
THe SHALLU GROUP. 
Shallu was introduced from India about 25 years ago and first 
grown in Louisiana. From there it was carried westward to Texas, 
where it is still sparmgly grown. In the past 10 years it has been 
widely exploited* under fanciful and misleading names, such as¢ 
‘California Wheat,’ ‘‘Egyptian Wheat,’ ‘‘Old Mexico Desert 
Wheat-corn,”’ etc. 
TaBLE XXX VII.—Agronomic data for shallu 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. | Z : Seed in— | Yields per acre. 
| | a | é 
Year and BD e a 5 5 
Bes J = 8 ~ : _— = 
C.1L.No 3 4 = gz be z z = = . = s 
a 21s |S ssl 2} SBS Vee [eS es es 
Ss Ss o E S 5 5 S S 7 S = + 5 
Tam Vac (ietcscatal il im) Ya Mage Nee a = == acd a =e Wee Spc We ee | Se fash) 
1908: Ins. | Ins. |Days.| Days.|Days. .| Feet.| P.ct.| P.ct.| P.ct.| Lbs. | Lbs. | Bus. 
QE Rye caso 10:1} 3:8 Zhe Paes Bees | Jal Fs rare eer) fee sen eae fy 
(it ee fs I 2 gle ELA UGS yc saa Re Be Ost Se eee 
—— bsseee Sees Ra ae eee 
emotes (Rie inp pA AP Leek oad ie sey Late oa 
30.1 26 1 S4e5 i oc ae sh GrO [eee ae ee pe ees a ee ee 
Be a Oa (ie Be eng Ta (age ey ey ee el ioecaee orem (ore 
29 1 326 745542052), 16.0) lee eee eee acet slice ae 
29} 926)'1 SO S882. So] 6.0 Ie oe eel ee eee 
29} «12651 76.3.) 22 2-3/7: G205) Ss) - = lee al ae eee 
BL) AOR 77s 2 1G400 Bade eo es eee ee ee eee 
5}. 942, 149.5 6650012 5.54 s cece lee eeesiee eee eee 
368 [ioe a) Tals Goes | see | ete ee 252. ae 
38 | 125 42.9 |2,525 
38 | 125 55.4 [4,856 
38 | 125 48.4 |2, 293 
38 | 125 54.6 [5,093 
38 | 125 50.3 |3, 692 
35 | 131 | 79.0 61.2 |4,070 
35 | 131 | 77.5 62.1 4, 108 
35 | 131 | 80.4 57.6 |3,425_ 
35 | 131 | 77.9 58.0 |4, 553 
35 | 131 | 77.3 59.3 |5, 435 
345 [PT BE TL 7A 40.1 |1, 538 
35 | 131 | 77.2 56.4 |3, 855 
i (Ge ea ore pee 
Fe) Sea) Penn Piss) eee aed [ie FL EER ie eo Beare |--2-== 
50} 116 | 39.0 - . . 3.4 | 70.0 |4,100 2.4 
55 | 143 | 59.2 sO.) 225 coe ae Sea ee ee eee 34.5 
a First and only heads. : 
1 Ball,C. R. Three much-misrepresented sorghums. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Cir. 50,14 p., 
2fig. 1910. 
Rothgeb, B. E. Shallu, or “Egyptian wheat’’: A late-maturing variety of sorghum. U.S. Dept. Agr., 
Farmers’ Bul. 827, 8 p., 2 fig. 1917. 
