
_ New Yorx AgricutturaL Exprrment Station. 291 
Sorghum. 
Fifteen varieties of sorghum were grown for comparison in 
1892. Eight of these were from seed selected at this Station in 
1891, the seed of one, “ Karly Minnesota,” was received from S. H. 
if Kenney, and all other seed was received from the Depart- 
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ment of Agriculture Washington, D. C. One row only 
about sixty-six feet long of each of these varieties was grown. 
In the field larger areas of a few varieties were grown, the better 
of which were Early Minnesota, Early Amber and Early Orange, 
and two other unrecognized varieties. Some of this sorghum 
was used in feeding experiments made with pigs, and the result. 
obtained will be found among the records of pig feeding. 
Of the varieties tested only those numbered 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 
72 in the list are of value for syrup production in this State. 
_ The yield of seed from any variety it was not possible to deter- 
mine on account of English sparrows. 
The average of observations made upon the growth, maturity 
and size of the different varieties will be found in the following 
table. The results also of examination of the juices from individual 
canes of several varieties follow the tabulated form. And the 
average results from the mixed juices of several mature or nearly 
mature canes of each of the earlier varieties are also given: 
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