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SORGHUMS FOR GRAIN AND FORAGE 
Days to Height in 
Maturity Feet 
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Bonita, a new product of the Texas Experiment Station, pro- 
duces a white, soft grain. It is not well suited to the more 
humid areas because of its very tight heads and extensive 
suckering, which results in uneven maturity but is better 
suited to the drier areas where tight heads are of no disad- 
vantage. May be of value as a bundle feed or for forage 
purposes. 
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The original Darso, probably a chance cross between some 
variety of sweet sorghum and a grain sorghum, was introduced 
by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station from seed 
grown in Logan County, Okla., about 30 years ago. Popular in 
the Rio Grande Valley for its high yield of both grain and 
forage; valued as a cured bundle feed. Widely adapted though 
not extensively grown, resistant to shattering and bird damage; 
may be planted very early or very late, withstands wind dam- 
age and is fairly uniform in maturity. Stems stout, stocky, 
very leafy, juicy, slightly sweet. Seedheads erect, long, fairly 
compact. Seed medium to large; seedhulls reddish-brown. 
When cut and cured in the bundle makes the finest quality of 
feed, either ground or fed as hay, with very excellent keeping 
qualities. Darso 28, an improved strain developd by the Texas 
Experiment Station, is resistant to pythium root-rot. 
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A new early maturing variety of Hegari developed and dis- 
tributed by the Texas Experiment Station in 1939. Identical 
with Hegari except that it is 10 to 15 days earlier, has fewer 
leaves and will head and make grain under practically all 
conditions. It is drought resistant, but tillers and responds 
to irrigation, and to good soil and moisture. More generally 
adapted for late planting than other grain and forage 
sorghums, this short season crop produces an excellent quality 
of feed. Probably deserves more attention than it has yet 
received and is especially recommended for late spring and fall 
planting. 
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Introduced from the Sudan area of Africa by the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture in 1908, now the most popular grain and 
forage sorghum because of its many uses, wide adaptability, 
profuse tillering (stooling) habit, and its long planting sea- 
son. Quite sensitive to soil and moisture, therefore best 
adapted on well worked loam soils. Produces high yields of 
forage and grain used as bundle feed, green or dry ensilage, 
and asa graincrop. The seed finds a ready sale on the market. 
Plants leafy, stems somewhat slender and subject to lodging, 
juicy and slightly sweet, brittle when mature. Seedheads 
erect, compact; seed small to mid-size, bluish-white, somewhat 
soft; shatters easily. 
