. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 836 Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 27,1920 BROOM-CORN EXPERIMENTS AT WOOD- WARD, OKLAHOMA By BENTON E. ROTHGEB, Assistant Agronomist in Charge of Grain- Sorghum and Broom-Corn Investigations, and JOHN B. SIEGLINGER, Assistant Agriculturist, Office of Cereal Investigations CONTENTS Page Experiments with Broom Corn .... 1 Description of the District 2 Topography 2 Soil 2 Climatie Conditions
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 836 Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 27,1920 BROOM-CORN EXPERIMENTS AT WOOD- WARD, OKLAHOMA By BENTON E. ROTHGEB, Assistant Agronomist in Charge of Grain- Sorghum and Broom-Corn Investigations, and JOHN B. SIEGLINGER, Assistant Agriculturist, Office of Cereal Investigations CONTENTS Page Experiments with Broom Corn .... 1 Description of the District 2 Topography 2 Soil 2 Climatie Conditions 3 The Woodward Field Station ... 10 The Broom Corns 10 Classification 10 Experimental Conditions 11 Varietal Experiments ...... 16 Date-of-Seeding Experiments . . 2S Page The Broom Corns—Continued. Comparative Yields in the Date-of- Seeding Experiments 29 Rate-of-Seeding Experiments ... 80 Comparative Yields in the Rate-of- Seeding Experiments 33 Combined Rate-of-Seeding and Spac- ing Experiments ....... 34 Harvesting Experiments 47 Wearing Quality of the Brush ... 49 Nursery Experiments 49 Conclusions 63. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1920. 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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