. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 32 BULLETllSr 40^, Ij. S. DEPAETMEKT OF AGEICULTtJEE. FLAX. Flax has been sown in each of the eight years during which experi- ments have been conducted at Akron. In the three years, 1911, 1914, and 1915, the crop failed. Russian (C. I. No. 19) has been grown throughout the 8-year test. The highest yield recorded was bushels per acre, produced in 1912. Other varieties have been grown for shorter periods, but none has proved superior to the Russian. The 8-year average yield of this variety is bushels per acre.
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 32 BULLETllSr 40^, Ij. S. DEPAETMEKT OF AGEICULTtJEE. FLAX. Flax has been sown in each of the eight years during which experi- ments have been conducted at Akron. In the three years, 1911, 1914, and 1915, the crop failed. Russian (C. I. No. 19) has been grown throughout the 8-year test. The highest yield recorded was bushels per acre, produced in 1912. Other varieties have been grown for shorter periods, but none has proved superior to the Russian. The 8-year average yield of this variety is bushels per acre. PROSO. Proso, commonly called hog millet or broom-corn millet, has not been given a very thorough test. It has been grown in nursery rows and small plats, but continuous field-plat tests have not been made. Black Voronezh (C. I. No. 16) or selections from it has been grown. Fig. 11.—Plat of Black Voronezh proso at the Akron Field Station, with the station buildings in the back- ground, in 1915. (From a photograph lent by the OfBce of Exhibits, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) during five years. A plat of this variety in 1915 is sho\^Ti in figure 11. It was first sown in field plats in 1909, when it produced a yield of bushels per acre. It was again sown in field plats in 1912 and each of the three years following. The highest yield recorded was 36 bushels in 1912. The 5-year average is bushels. Except possibly as a catch crop, proso can not be recommended for this district. GRAIN SORGHUMS. Grain sorghums have been grown in field plats for five years. On account of the short growing season and cool nights, most varieties fan to mature. Manchu Brown kaoHang (C. I. No. 328) is the only variety of apparent value in the Akron district. The highest yield. 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 work.
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