CEREAL EXPERIMENTS ON THE CHEYENNE EXPERIMENT FARM. 87 
siderable acreage of foxtail millet is grown each year in Wyoming for 
_ hay. When grown for hay, 8 to 10 pounds of seed are required to 
sow an acre. Sowing is done with a grain drill equipped with a 
grass-seeder attachment. The millet is cut for hay when fully 
headed and before it begins to ripen. 
Taste XX VII.—Annual and average yields of eight prosos and two foxtail millets grown 
on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm in 1913, 1914, and 1915. 
Yield per acre. 
Group and variety. ca ete (bushels) i Se 
average 
HOTS 1SL4 | 1915s yee a Sa 
ge. 
Proso: Pounds. 
Ve eet hn aera eee SNL ee vee hieics « Bil 22.3 ert 9.6 13.2 1,023 
ESOS OMe ier ies cen eee ale nee ee Oe oe 113 23.2 10.9 0 11.4 2, 583 
NVOCGEMISS ames ch ie aay Toe heoeh cers fase = 11 10.7 6.6 11.6 9.6 728 
AV alin © lls sea ret spe ager inet Sy esta aA eI NN oe ie 4 1S 74 11.2 8.4 883 
Blacks VOTOneZhn! ecu a ate ae hae ec anne 16) @ 7.2 b6.7 10.8 8.2 1,021 
UB WTO OVNI SSS Glee RIS pene oar chen a 13 | a 12.0 b5.2 6.0 ofl 755 
Ved Wu eaae eense cs veh gio ae eae 65 10.9 Bae 6.0 6.7 603 
: VEC eNAOnOMOZ Meares oh oe ein ae ce Lo 60 Uo? 1.8 6.0 5.0 613 
~ -Foxtail millet: 
Keurske (South DakotawNows/8)ess: sc. ee ese onl ae 14.8 16.3 | 429.5 20. 2 1,613 
ee Kursk (South Dakota No. 79)... 022.222. ..2222.|112 2: 8.9] 10.9 | 226.9 | 15.6 2,532 
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a Average of two plats. b Average of three plats. 
” GRAIN SORGHUM. 
Several of the earliest maturing varieties of grain sorghum have 
been tested each year. These varieties have been grewn in 8-rod 
rows spaced 42 inches apart. The sorghums have been cultivated 
two or three times each season and kept free from weeds. Nearly 
all varieties have headed each year, but none has produced seed in 
sufficient quantity to warrant thrashing. 
Manchu kaoliang (C. I. No. 261) and white kafir (C. I. No. 370) 
have been the earliest varieties tested. A few practically mature 
| heads were obtained from each of these varieties in 1913 and 1914. 
The results from the work with grain sorghum clearly show that 
this crop can not be grown for grain in eastern Wyoming. However, 
some of the varieties compare favorably with corn and sorgo in the 
production of roughage for stock. The milos and kafirs have con- 
siderably more foliage than the kaoliangs and should be grown when 
feed is wanted. 
2 CORN. 
A few varieties of field corn have been tested. each year. Fair to 
good forage yields have been obtained each season, but in none of 
_ the three years has any variety fully matured. However, the 
| Northwestern Dent, Brown County Yellow Dent, and Gehu Flint 
have produced mature grain each season, or at ees mature enough 
to germinate if properly stored until the following spring. 
