. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 981, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Sudan grass now being grown in the United States. The value of this crop in 1918 was estimated at $10,500,000. The first importation of Sudan grass seed, which was received in the United States on March 16, 1909, was presented to the United States Department of Agriculture by R. Hewison, then Director of Agriculture and Lands, Sudan Government, Khartum, Sudan. This shipment was assigned S. P. I. No. 25017. A second importation was received on July 12, 1912, from W. A. D
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 BULLETIN 981, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Sudan grass now being grown in the United States. The value of this crop in 1918 was estimated at $10,500,000. The first importation of Sudan grass seed, which was received in the United States on March 16, 1909, was presented to the United States Department of Agriculture by R. Hewison, then Director of Agriculture and Lands, Sudan Government, Khartum, Sudan. This shipment was assigned S. P. I. No. 25017. A second importation was received on July 12, 1912, from W. A. Davie, Inspector of Agriculture, Khartum, Sudan, and assigned S. P. I. No. 34114. A third lot was re-. Fig. 1.—The original package of Sudan grass seed just as it came from Mr. R. Hewison, Khartum, except for the attached inventory tag of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. ceived on January 24,1918, from W. Carl McQuiston, Cairo, Egypt, and numbered 45773 in the Seed and Plant Introduction Inventory. The first two importations, Nos. 25017 and 34114, were to all appearances identical in value, but No. 45773 was less vigorous and was therefore not used in growing seed for experimentation or distribution. In addition to the shipments received by the United States Depart- ment Of Agriculture, there were at least two known importations of Sudan grass seed from Africa by private parties, one by L. T. Shoe- maker, Camden, Ohio, in 1914, and the other by W. E. Mountain,. 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. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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