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SORGHUMS FOR GRAIN AND FORAGE 
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BONITA 100 4-A4\2 
Bonita, a product of Texas Experiment Station breeding, pro- 
duces 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 disadvantage. May be of value as a 
bundle feed or for forage purposes. 
DARSO 28 TS 3-5 
The original Darso, probably a chance cross between some variety 
of sweet sorghum and a grain sorghum, was introduced by the Okla- 
homa 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 damage 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 developed by the Texas 
Experiment Station, is resistant to pythium root-rot. 

Spur Feterita Shallu 
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An earlier-maturing variety of Hegari developed and distributed 
by the Texas Experiment Station in 1938. 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 resist- 
ant, but tillers and responds to irrigation, and to good soil and mois- 
ture. More generally adapted for late planting than other grain and 
forage sorghums, this short season crop produces an excellent qualitv 
of feed. Probably deserves more attention than it has yet received 
and is especially recommended for late spring and fall planting. 
