. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. 378 FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON^BELT bagged each year and used for planting the breeding-plot of the next year. The quaUties selected for in improving the saccharine. Fig. 63. — Two heads of Milo showing desirable form (on left) and unde- sirable form (on right). sorghums are juiciness and high sugar content, yield, disease-resistance, drought-resistance, and erecfoess. In the improvement of the grain-sorghums the prin- cipal considerations should be (1) increased grain produc- tion; (2) increased drought-resistance; (3) increased earli- ness; (4)

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. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. 378 FIELD CROPS FOR THE COTTON^BELT bagged each year and used for planting the breeding-plot of the next year. The quaUties selected for in improving the saccharine. Fig. 63. — Two heads of Milo showing desirable form (on left) and unde- sirable form (on right). sorghums are juiciness and high sugar content, yield, disease-resistance, drought-resistance, and erecfoess. In the improvement of the grain-sorghums the prin- cipal considerations should be (1) increased grain produc- tion; (2) increased drought-resistance; (3) increased earli- ness; (4) dwarf stature; (5) desirable forms of heads; (6) heads fully exserted from the upper leaf-sheath, or boot;. 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 Morgan, James Oscar. New York, The Macmillan company

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