. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. WOKK OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. 19 such as milo, plantings made as late as April 1 gave heavier yields than earlier plantings. This was due largely to the fact that there â was a poor stand in the earlier plantings. GRAIN-SORGHUM YIELDS COMPARED WITH CORN. Two varieties of grain sorghum, Dwarf milo and Sudan durra, were grown in comparison with 42 of the most common types of Texas corn. Sudan durra gave a yield of 57 bushels per acre and Dwarf milo 63 bushels per acre, while the best strain of corn gave a yield of 40 bushe
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. WOKK OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. 19 such as milo, plantings made as late as April 1 gave heavier yields than earlier plantings. This was due largely to the fact that there â was a poor stand in the earlier plantings. GRAIN-SORGHUM YIELDS COMPARED WITH CORN. Two varieties of grain sorghum, Dwarf milo and Sudan durra, were grown in comparison with 42 of the most common types of Texas corn. Sudan durra gave a yield of 57 bushels per acre and Dwarf milo 63 bushels per acre, while the best strain of corn gave a yield of 40 bushels per acre, with an average of about 30 bushels for the Fig. 7.âDwarf broom corn on thi> San Antonio Experiment Farm. An average yield of 657 pounds of brush per acre was obtained from plantings made on three different dates in 1912. (Photographed June 15, 1912.) DISTRIBUTION OF SORGHUM SEED. More than 150 requests for grain-sorghum seed were received from near-by farmers, and 209 packages Avere sent out to 103 of these. The varieties distributed were Dwarf milo, Sudan durra, and Dwarf Blackhull kafir. Much interest is being shown by the farmers in western Texas in the production of this grain crop, since the corn yields have been low during the past four years. BROOM CORN. In connection Avith grain-sorghum tests, three varieties of broom corn were planted, Dwarf broom corn (fig. 7) being planted on three [Cir. 120]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry
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