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in some cases from the estimate made to represent the entire plat, as 
shown in Table III, but the general relationship between the spacing 
of the plants and the number of heads per plant remains unchanged. 
Fig. 5.— Wide-spaced milo plants, showing excessive tillering and lack of uniformity in heading and 
ripening. The seed is set on the main stalk, while on some of the tillers the heads are just beginning 
to flower and on others the heads are just emerging from the boot. (Photographed June 4, 1913.) 
Table V. — Heads of milo matured on different dates in six plats, where the plants were 
spaced differently, the percentages being based on actual counts of 50 plants in each plat, 
at the San Antonio Experiment Farm in 1913. 
Spacing. 
Plats considered separately: 
Not thinned 
2 inches apart 
5 inches apart 
8 inches apart 
12 inches apart 
18 inches apart 
Plats averaged in pairs : 
Not thinned and 2 inches 
apart '. 
5 and 8 inches apart 
12 and 18 inches apart 
Number of heads- 
On50 
plants. 
63 
78 
177 
171 
234 
231 
71) 
17.", 
231 
Per plant. 
1.2 
1.5 
3.5 
3.5 
4.6 
4.6 
1 . 3 
:;. r, 
i.i, 
Percentages of mature heads. 
June. 
24 
26 
30 
95 
95 
78 
X2 
95 
H7 
July. 
5 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
too 
