38 BULLETIN 1284, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
is somewhat intermediate between this kafir and feterita in the com- 
pactness of the head and the size and markings of the seed. It stands 
up well in storms, lodging very little. The stems are stout, 4 to 5 feet 
tall, fairly juicy, and slightly sweet. The variety promises to be of 
some value as a forage crop because of the juicy stem. It also has 
the advantage of erect heads, which renders harvesting less difficult. 
Two different strains of Dwarf hegari were grown at Columbia, 
with a total of 464 plants, all of which were free from smut. One of 
these strains was grown at Arlington Experiment Farm, 22 normal 
plants being obtained. S. P. I. No. 34911 was grown at Brooklyn 
and Manhattan, with no infection taking place. The evidence indi- 
cates the presence of marked resistance to covered kernel smut. 
Husserita. — Husserita is a hybrid developed by H. Willis Smith, 
formerly of Garden City, Kans. Its ancestry is complicated, but 
feterita and a sorgo seem to be involved. The head is compact, the 
grain white, the glumes red to black, and the stalks somewhat juicy. 
It was grown two years at Manhattan and proved to be somewhat 
susceptible. Out of 247 plants grown, 14, or 5.7 per cent, were 
infected. 
Kafirita. — This sorghum was obtained some years ago by C. V. 
Piper, of the United States Department of Agriculture, from a 
farmer at Cedar Hill, Tex. It first appeared in a field of Red kafir. 
It does not seem to possess any special agronomic value. C. I. No. 
548 was grown two years at Manhattan. No smutted plants were 
obtained out of a total of 177. 
Schrock sorghum. — Schrock sorghum was developed from a selec- 
tion made in 1912 by Roy Schrock at Enid, Okla., where he found 
the original head in a sorghum field along his mail route. It is prob- 
ably a chance hybrid between a kafir and a sweet sorghum. The 
plants have stout stems 43^ to 5 feet tall, medium juicy, and rather 
sweet. 
At Columbia two strains were grown in 1917 and 1918. In 183 
plants of Missouri No. 38 there were 48 smutted plants, or 26.2 per 
cent. In 175 plants of Missouri No. 65 there were 40, or 22.9 per 
cent, infected. A strain was grown at Manhattan and Amarillo for 
two years, and 16.9 per cent of the plants grown at Manhattan and 
16.1 per cent of those grown at Amarillo were smutted. C. I. No. 
616 was grown two years at Manhattan, 11.2 per cent of the plants 
being infected. A so-called Giant Schrock also was grown at Man- 
hattan and Amarillo in 1919. At the former station 16.2 per cent of 
the plants and at the latter 25 per cent were infected. This probably 
is a selection which was given a distinct name because of its size. 
Sudan corn. — Sudan corn was grown for a time by farmers in cen- 
tral and southeastern Kansas, but the acreage is decreasing. It some- 
what resembles Standard White milo, but is probably a hybrid. One 
strain was grown at Manhattan for two years, no infection occurring 
in a total of 232 heads. Negative results also were obtained at Brook- 
lyn, but only 10 plants matured. 
