Combine Sorghums: a 
The war brought many changes to south- 
ern agriculture and some of them will be 
permanent, because they are steps forward. 
Among these is the development of combine 
sorghums. 
Mankind has been growing sorghums for 
many centuries in the Old World, but only 
in 1853 did this crop reach us from China, 
via France. This was Early Amber; within 
a few years it was followed by Orange, 
Sumac and Crookneck, all being introduced 
with a view to sugar. Next came the grain 
sorghums, which proved their worth in the 
droughts of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, while in 
1909 Sudan grass arrived from Africa and 
at once made an important place for itself. 
Although varieties were improving and 
the sorghum crops were steadily increasing, 
really big acreages were not profitable so 
long as harvesting had to be done by a row 
binder with threshing from the bundle, or 
even hand heading. When war came, 90% 
of the grain sorghum crops were harvested 
by these old fashioned methods, but short- 
age of help and the need for increased pro- 
duction led quickly to an exact reversal of 
this position. Before the war was over, 
sorghum had become one of America’s 

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revolution in farming 
major grain crops, and Texas was growing 
more than half of this total. 
A major factor in this remarkable de- 
velopment was the appearance, at pre- 
cisely the right time, of Martin's Combine 
Milo. This outstanding variety comes from 
a single plant which survived the drought 
and disease that ruined a 400-acre field of 
Milo Maize belonging to W. P. Martin of 
Lubbock in 1936. Mr. Martin saved seed 
from the plant and increased it in the fol- 
lowing years, giving us this popular early 
variety. At the same time, the Texas Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station was at work on 
a breeding program begun in 1929 by cross- 
ing Kafir and Milo. From this program, 
largely carried on by Dr. R. E. Karper, 
Plainsman and Caprock were introduced. 
We are growing substantial acreages of 
all three under the supervision of trained 
production men. The Asgrow brand on a 
sealed bag guarantees trueness to type and 
the state certification tag is an additional 
assurance of merit. More seed of these popu- 
lar varieties is grown by Associated Seeds, 
Inc. than by any other organization in 
Texas. 
Well bred stocks of standard Sorghums 

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Apart from the grain sorghums, many 
thousands of acres in Texas are planted to 
other types: the sorghums for grain and 
forage, and the sorgos, or sweet sorghums, 
one group of which is grown for hay and 
ensilage, the other for syrup. Sudan grass 
and Sweet Sudan, used chiefly for pasture, 
are also sorghums. 
Asgrow and Texgrow crops of the lead- 
ing varieties in these groups are grown 
with great care in the areas best suited 
for the production of each. In their harvest- 
ing, cleaning, bagging and other ware- 
house and distribution operations, every 
practicable precaution is taken to provide 
Texas farmers with clean, true-to-type seed 
of high vitality. 
crop is at stake in the 

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