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in Columbia Basin conditions. It- wide adaptability to the climatic 
conditions of the United States easl of the Rock] Mountains ia note 
worthy. While the original stock Bhowed little variability, th< gi i 
has crossed very readily \\ it li sorghums, so thai it is possible i" i 
various hybrids differing especially in leafiness and date of maturity. 
Presumably all of the variants are due t" crossing, bul no isolated 
areas of the original seed have yel I »« ■* • 1 1 grown t<> determine whether 
other factors are operal ive. 
In the humid regions the results are no! so uniformly satisfactory, 
ami the future of the grass east of the LOOth meridian can nol be 
forecasted with confidence until much further evidence is available. 
\ fiw packages of seed were also senl in L911 and L912to farmers 
for practical trials. The reports of several of these trials are cited 
as indicative of the value of the grass, and some of them are valuable 
uggesting critical experiments. 
BESULTS OF TESTS AT CHTLLICOTHE. 
Sudan grass was Bret tested ;it Chillicothe, Tex., in L909, ;i single 
row being grown and all the seed saved. In L910 this seed was 
planted in 30-inch row- on seven-fifteenths of an acre of land. 
Though the season was exceedingly dry it grew to a height of I t" I' 
feet. A small portion of the plat, one-fifteenth of an acre, was cut 
fi r hay and yielded two cuttings. From the remainder, l".l pounds 
of -red were secured in two pickings, which is at the rate of : > : '--"> 
pounds per acre. 
In 1911, plats wen- planted June I on newly broken sod land from 
which two cuttings of hay were secured, each larger than the one 
cutting of German millet grown alongside. The total rainfall from 
April 1 to November 1 was 1 I inches. The drought conditions of the 
season were such that both milo and kafir produced only about one- 
fourth of a normal grain yield. 
During the 9eason of 1912 more detailed results were secured. 
Pour cuttings of hay were obtained from a one-tenth acre plat, drilled 
on April 26 at the rate of :'. peek- of seed per acre. The dale and 
amount of each cutting are as follow-: 
Pound* 
June 22 23 I 
July 17 181 
Au-'iiM 20 
l I 180 
To 
