36 BULLETIN 430, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
If the fall is wet, late-sown plats may continue green until destroyed 4 
by frost. This condition was observed in the vicinity of Archer in — | 
the fall of 1913. It will require years of testing to determine the best : ' 
date to sow flax. Until more definite data are available it appears 
that sowing between May 15 and June 1 will be satisfactory. 
Taste XXVI.—Annual and average yields of Select Russian flax (N. Dak. No. 1215) j 
grown wm a date-of-seeding test on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm in 1913, 1914, and — 
LOTS. 
Yield per acre. 
Date of seeding. 1913 1914 1915 3-year average. 
| Grain. Straw. Grain. Straw. Grain. Straw. Grain. Straw. 
| Bushels. | Pounds. Bushels: ne Buses Pounds. | Bushels. | Pounds. 
| 2. 9. 
EAC START Sey dd amide caliente Mn aE See ee 1,440')| 3 
Nay tet) ete: a3.3 257 3.4 500 14.9] 1,640 7.2 799 
May) ie Sates 6.9 536 4.3 | 480 15.5} 1,600 8.9 872 
aneil So ee 7.0 710 5.4 730 19.4 1, 720 10.6 1,053 
a Seeded too thick. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH MINOR GRAIN CROPS. 
The minor cereals, including proso, foxtail millet, grain sorghums, 
corn, and buckwheat, have been tested at the Cheyenne Experiment 
Farm during the 3-year period, 1913 to 1915, inclusive. Each of 
these cereals will be discussed briefly in the following-paragraphs. | | 
PROSO AND FOXTAIL MILLET. 
Proso (broom-corn millet or hog millet) is grown for grain for feed- 
ing purposes, while foxtail millet is grown largely for hay. Proso is 
not grown extensively in eastern Wyoming, though it is fairly well 
adapted to the soil and climatic conditions prevailing in this district. 
Hight prosos and two foxtail millets have been grown at the 
Cheyenne Experiment Farm during the 3-year period, 1913 to 1915, 
inclusive. The annual and average yields of the 10 millet varieties 
are shown in Table X XVII. e 
In 1913 the millets were grown in rows 132 feet long and spaced 
3 feet apart on fall-plowed breaking. The summer was dry, but fair 
yields were obtained. In 1914 the millets were grown on fallow in 
twentieth-acre plats in rows 3 feet apart. The summer was dry and 
the yields obtained were low. In 1915 the millets were grown in 
twentieth-acre plats on double-disked corn ground. The yields 
obtained were low in spite of the better season. 
The foxtail varieties have given higher average yields than the 
prosos. The proso yields have been materially reduced each year by 8 
shattering at and before harvest time. Birds are very fond of proso 
seed and have eaten large quantities before thrashing. A con- 
