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analyses. The seed production of Dakota Kursk is also better, 
especially in dry seasons, than that of the Siberian strain. Under 
more humid conditions this millet may be the more profitable variety, 
but in the Great Plains it is probable that Dakota Kursk will give 
better average results. 
COMPARATIVE YIELDS OF SELECTED STRAINS OF MILLET. 
In testing the comparative value of the progeny strains of millet, 
two methods of planting have been used. These were (1) ordinary 
plats of one-tenth or one-twentieth acre in size, with the seed drilled 
at the rate of 20 pounds per acre, and (2) cultivated rows 8 rods long, 
seeded at the rate of 2 pounds per acre. In most cases the plats have 
been planted in duplicate or triplicate, and the rows in all tests have 
been planted in duplicate. 
At the Akron Field Station the two varieties of millet which have 
given the largest yields are Siberian and Kursk. These varieties 
have been represented in the comparative tests by uniform strains 
selected for drought adaptation. The two strains of Siberian millet 
have given slightly higher yields than the six strains of Kursk millet, 
both in drilled plats (Table II) and in cultivated rows. Of the strains 
of Siberian millet, A. D. I. No. 4-3 is a better hay type than No. 4-5, 
being finer and more leafy. 
Table II. — Yields of millet strains in drilled plats at Akron, Colo., from 1910 to 1914, 
inclusive. 
Yield of air-dry hay per acre (pounds). 
Variety and number. 
19101 
19112 
1912 2 
1913 3 
1914 2 
3-year 
average, 
1911-1913. 
Dakota Kursk, A. D. I. No. 3 
Dakota Kursk, A. D. I. No. 3-2 
5,320 
3,700 
3,500 
3,300 
3,430 
3,370 
3, 430 
5,830 
5.9C0 
5,820 
5,470 
5,980 
5,755 
4,420 
4.700 
4,500 
4,010 
4,480 
4,420 
5,3C0 
4,650 
4 730 
Kursk, A.D.I. No. 5 
5,080 
4,340 
5,580 
4,540 
Kursk A . D . I. No. 10 
4.300 
Kursk, A.D.I. No. 10-3 
4,610 
4,540 
Kursk, A. D. I. No. 13-3 
4,910 
3,460 
5,810 
4,430 
5,470 
4,560 
Siberian A.D.I. No. 4-3 
4,220 
4,340 
6,020 
6,170 
4.5S0 
4,560 
5,710 
4,940 
Siberian, A. D. I. No. 4-5.. . 
5,020 
4,2S0 
6,100 
4,570 
5, 710 
4,980 
i Yields based on single plats. 
2 Yields based on the average of duplicate plats. 
3 Yields based on the average of triplicate plats. 
Among the strains of Kursk millet, A. D. I. No. 3 and a selection 
from this strain, A. D. I. No. 3-2, have given the highest yields at 
Akron. (See Table II.) These two strains are practically identical 
in type of plant and have been given a common name, Dakota Kursk. 
No. 3-2 has given somewhat the greater yield, both at Akron and at 
Newell, and hereafter the strain bearing this number will be used as 
far as possible for distribution to farmers. 
