88 BULLETIN 698, U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Milo, Alba milo, feterita, and Manchu kaoliang have average yields 
ranging from about 20 to 22 bushels in the 7-year period and from 
about 21 to 23 bushels in the 9-year period. These four varieties 
may be said to tie for second place in grain production. There is 
little choice between them except when their combined grain andg 
fodder value is considered. Manchu kaoliang has less fodder value 
than the milos or feterita because of its drier and more slender stems 
and scanty foliage. 
TaBLE XXXVIII.—Annuat and average acre yields of the best selections in all varieties 
and groups of grain sorghums grown at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station in most or 
all of the nine years from 1908 to 1916, inclusive. 
[In thé statement of yields per acre the bushel is rated at 60 pounds for kafirs and at 58 pounds for all 
other sorghums. } 
Annual and average acre yields (bushels). 
Group and C. T. | 
variety- No. é 7 years,|9 years, 
1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 |1910 to0|1908 to - 
1916. | 1916. 
Milo-durra: 
Hoss 223 Hees UGE EES |) SHEET |e GRR Osa 2 Ry 6 4es Cela cland 22.9 
Do 232 | 30.4 3.6 9.8} 30:1 | 33:0 O:| 105% | 6050 sO Ces 20.5 
Do 234 | 43.2 G13 |) SI BEES} || BBE 2) Ol 4582) Se58n6 G29 P2252 DOT 
Dwarf 
milo 149 42.6 12.4 20.8 36.8 11853: 0 30.0 74.1 7.6 26.1 26. 4 
Do Sey Sih is |) TRE STS Is BYGee ll BxE OF SOLO 70. 8 OU | 222 Di 
DOLE SOOKE aes | eee 20.0 Sie 34.6 0 16. 2 68. 3 8.6 264210. a 
Alba milo. Sb one ee ee leeceeee AGSONesSie5i | 1588 OF elteas | 5 OES A Sie 20 RSH ere 
Feterita .- 182 40.2 O53 A 31.9 24.5 0 18.5 52.1 14.5 P23 22.8 
White 
durra -.-.- Ste 35N7, USC 2 JOO |) Piisekel | WER Os) 22545 |e S6s9) AnD elie8 18.7 
Durra-kafir 
hybrids: 
Black 
glumed.| 198-7-3 | 41.0 2.8 9-1 | 30:2 3.0 0} 16.2] 34.5 (a2nleeldes 16.0 
Do... .|198-15-3 27.4 7.8 5. 4 39.9 4.1 0 20. 7 24.5 2.4 13.9 14.7 
White 
glumed.' 198-7-3 | 41.0 Ta S| PAL PAA i AS} 9 6.0 Oo S1SaSuie 2851 Be IS 7 16,3 
Do. 198-15-3 27.4 7.8 16.0 34.1 11.6 0 14.8 17.9 1a WEE 7 14.6 
Do. 240 Bf 4.2 17.0 46.1 -d.0 0 8.6 29.3 320 15.6 16.6 
Do. 240-6 35.7 4.2 17.0 30.3} 11.5 0 19.3 Sone 3.0 | 16:8 17.5 
afir: 
Blackhull CANAD 2 3.5 TROL 2655, “lf 0] 14.0] 640 0 15.7 il7e83 
Dore SBD I BYGO!|| 10) 7 4.8] 20.6 4.6 Oi ales |) “O27 0 14.9 16.9 
Do. 337 | 38.3 7.7 Shor}, Pale 4.7 0 9.3 | 64.0 0 14.6 16.5 
Sunrise A Dee ane 10.8 UaBa) Ale! 8.0 0} 10.4) 56.0 ee tel hia Wes ais 
D.aw n 
(dwarf). 340 | 29.0] 14.4 9.3} 34.9 9.6 Deli, Tee || G33 Salen ey 18.8 
White... .- BY (Val aeeseene| Sea cee 8.8 93%, Tf 13.5 0 14.3 37.3 4.0 ne Caisse a See 
Reds ss 34 | 36.4 4.0 BPH RS 77 3.0 On 13534 4483 0 12.1 13.9 
Do BIR On lah Saas Meee ee Uy || SERB Th On 1558 1k 570 0 1625 nee 
New ...... SIG Sssseee 4.3 0 40.0 4.7 OD et 227026650 0 a PA eas 
Do S14 eee 9.6 Bell Pd) ahh 0 6.0 | 46.7 0 IGG) Paes 5- 
Kaoliang: 
Mukden.. AGO wes ee TPR one! aE 8.4 QO; 149] 13.8 S541 Mi Sao 
Barchet. - 310} 43.1 9.4 SHO qe eUs I de bel 0 6.2] 45.8 34m anoso 18.0 
Manchu. . TAL BBEAby TEAL ye Oi Pb Syl The) is 0} 20.0] 46.6 6.6 | 19.9 21,2 
Shantung~ 2935 eoasO S35) 6.6 | 27.6 na? 0} 12.41] 38.6 1 Eee Fe heen S382 14.4 
Parker... ADA S| ie Ske oer ae 14° 2)| 2850) )- 2535 0} 20.7) 389 Bos} 2 1Ss6h see 
The best varieties in the kafir group take third place in grain pro- 
duction under Panhandle conditions. Dawn (dwarf) kafir and 
Sunrise kafir lead with average yields of 17.9 and 17.5 bushels, respec- 
tively, in the 7-year period. Dawn kafir, with an average acre yield of 
18.8 bushels in the 9-year period, leads by more than 1 bushel over 
its nearest competitor. The kafirs have a higher value as combined 
grain and fodder crops than any other grain sorghums. In actual 
