Show I IBY PURE SORGHUM SEED BY PLATS Go Over Field and Carefully Remove Type Off-Type Plants Work Can Be Done Easily by Man on Foot With Dwarf Varieties While With Taller Sorts It Is Practical Practical Practical to Use Horse Prepared by the United States Department Depart Depart- in ment nt nt of or Agriculture In order to o obtain pure sorghum seed It Is usually necessary to go over the field carefully after It has headed out and remove the rogues or off t type off pc plants Every plant which does not conform tp the type which is desired should be cut down or better belter pulled up so that there will be no danger of or orthe the he production of ot seed from tillers Wiers produced b by the rogue In dwarf varieties the can be done easily by a man on foot but r A 1 Y Ys t 34 s dm L r F a Superior Sorghum Field In the taller growing sorts Jt it Is most practical to ride through the field on I horseback so that the workers can cun see over the top of ot The the field and thus more readily determine the position of the rogues which must be removed The horse can be securely muzzled to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent Injury other than that occasioned by the tramping down of or plants t It l is ti d not not profitable to rogue fields which are Intended for the production of or grain or forage but in the producing producing ing of ot seed either for home borne planting or 01 the market careful gives gives- returns both in dollars and cents and andIn andIn andin In the satisfaction of or growing pure seed Sorghums being pollinated open-pollinated are subject to almost endless h hybridization if stray plants of ot other varieties are allowed to mature In the field fiell This Intermixing of varieties results in lack of uniformity In ripening as aswell aswell well as in the size of the plants thus causing difficulty In harvesting and marketing the crop The use of pure seed varieties which are known to be adapted to the farmers' farmers climatic condl dons will be rewarded in bigger and better crops |