. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. il killed by the a result of this habit, sometimes two or three cuttingsof hay in one season are made in thelower South, where the growing seasonsare long. The suckers mature some-what fater than the main stem. Thestooling habit is by some thought tobe an undesirable one for the grainsorghums because it results in unevenripening of the heads. In the foragesorghums it is an advantage. 482. Introduction into United have been grown in theUnited States for sirup and fodder formore thaa half a centu
. Elementary principles of agriculture; a text book for the common schools. il killed by the a result of this habit, sometimes two or three cuttingsof hay in one season are made in thelower South, where the growing seasonsare long. The suckers mature some-what fater than the main stem. Thestooling habit is by some thought tobe an undesirable one for the grainsorghums because it results in unevenripening of the heads. In the foragesorghums it is an advantage. 482. Introduction into United have been grown in theUnited States for sirup and fodder formore thaa half a century, and for broomproduction still longer. Their greatvalue as grain and forage for the Westhas been recognized within the lasttwenty years. In the humid sectionscorn is the staple feeding grain, but inthe West where corn is uncertain, owingto the blighting effects of occasional hotwinds and an irregularly distributedrainfall, they are far better yielders andsurer than corn. In a season of severedrouth, the Oklahoma A. and M. Collegesecured a yield of 56 bushels of Black-. Fig 210. A. Sorghummidge greatly mag-nified. B and C, sec-tional views of thesirghum flower: o,first outer glume; 6,s?cond outer indicate pointsat which eggs of thesorghum midge arecommonly found.—Harper Dean. 332 Elementary Principles of Agriculture hull Kaffir per acre, 39 bushels from dwarf milo, whilecorn was a failure. 483. Flowers and Seeds. The seeds are produced at thetop of the stalk in one head or panicle. In kafir, the headsare erect, while in others, as milo, they are bent over andare said to be ^goosenecked. This is an objectionablecharacter and efforts are being successfully made to developvarieties of milo with erect heads. The color of the headsvaries from white to shades of red, yellow, black, and brown,depending on the color and relative exposure of seeds andglumes. In most of the grain sorghums the seeds are largerthan the glumes and give color to the head, though m theforage sorg
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