The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-22

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white Milo sfzszs Nz1T cAsr
na-e4 have since been srr1a1 TO
mlss AmoEg hen are B-zzcaz-z
1orfz. Dwzrf -f1o. DWzrf mslo zzzs
D~arf gsaer miso. Milo. Milo szal1e.
Mo zzaEe. Red Egyp1sz corn Rural
branding sghlE. Tsllou branchirg 9
chgrs Eelio# branching milo maize.
TsEor branching sorghum. Yellow
ro maize yellow milo. and yellow
zsso Ezlza SeTeral Of thess names
I are oeczEsouzlly applied 70 brown
s-7z zlso DrzFf milo. Yellow milo.
zaa MILO maize are the names most
co-zrzlr used for milo.
The nzme milo IS adopted and rec.
( commended because it is short. distlnc-
tive. ard appropriate. The word
zaize sze1ld. never be used for
Eil0. As il eonfuses this crop with
eoTz.
Wien first introduced milo was suit
abe foT use only as a general forage
Greg. Owing 10 its small and scanty
lez ss and pithy stems Il was inferior
~ kHaFz and scFgos for forage pnr
posss On the western plains il Be
gar u b developed as a combinet
grzs- and forage crop. Like ali s0r
g1ums y Wss strongly drought resist
ant Compared wish soue other rrzir
varieties G. sorghum Il vas only fzfri-
sz1iy I'D gr1dactiFe. but i pczessa.
sogd SEED -acld.lg power. which whHl
d1rFs l-JerEzzlen ooTn-3 and 6r0El
1srrs sadly izck7d. From the stand
posni - grain rrDdncti1n it had. Be
sides these desirable characters. seE
erzi very Questionable habits. Thes
we're fIj The abundant sfooiinz. la
he free branching 80 the size an
height G. tke stem. and fsi the pend
ent OF -goesenecke1. heads.
j. the past four o. fTe Fears the d
Felopmsnt Ct milo ss 3 grain crop IA
been progressing rapidly along 10
lines Just shoEn 70 bs desirable Th
carefully selected milo q today is
great Improvement over the c0mmo.
unsolicited crop. Ordinary milo "a
been reduced BIZ selection 10 a uuiforl
height Of 4 70 AZ feet in the plain
regions iYing a. IN elevation Of 3.e1
10 4.099 feet above sea level. or a. 3
equivalent latitude. Throngh seie
lioa and thicker seeding the head
have been changed from mozI
pendent 10 mostly erect. Al hea5
not leaning oTer more than 50 degree
from TIE peFgeldichlar are eiassei 4
erect. since for al practical parpos.
: they are erect Prom Is 10 90 per cen
have been brought to this position
different strains a large part of II
remaining 10 to q per cent are mer
iy inclined. + e.. bent over more tha
20 degree and less than 90 degree
Or the horizontal position. These +
clined heads would be readily gaf
cred b a seadeE Oaly a very sms
percentage Of the heads are pendef
/, T. r.. declined below the horizoat
line
By the combined Influences Or s
lection and thicker seeding. branc
Ing. has been almost entirely nj
vented. and stoollng. Or The produclll
i Of suckers. has been greatly checke
About oneIourih TO e-half the plan
J produce no suckers Al an. and mo
Of the remainder produce only O
sucker On each plant Earliness h
been increased until these slrai