Grain Sorghum Trials
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Grain Sorghum is fast
becoming an important
agricultural crop in Lebanon
County. Acreage planted to grain
sorghum in 1973 is estimated at
around 1000 acres in Lebanon
County. Most of the sorghum is
planted in the northern part of the
county, in the shale type soils.
Increased interest in growing
sorghum for grain has led to the
development of many hybrid
strains. The Lebanon County
Agricultural Extension Service
planted twenty of these hybrid
strains or varieties in a Variety
Test Plot next to the Lebanon
Valley Livestock Market, along
Route 22. These variety plots will
be identified, and can be in
spected by local farmers at any
time. Similar variety plots last
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year on the farm of Paul Flin
chbaugh, Lebanon, produced an
average yield of 114 bushels of
grain per acre. This compared
very favorably with corn yields
on the same type of soil.
Corn grown on shale soils is
easily damaged by drought.
Water retention in this soil is very
low, even under high fertility.
Grain sorghum has the ability to
recover from drought damage
and produce an acceptable yield
in a year when corn may fail.
For this reason, many
producers whose soil is
predominantly shale, have
turned to growing rain sorghum
instead of corn for grain. Corn is
still the better crop for silage,
however.
As with hybrid corn, grain
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,1973
sorghum varieties are bred for
certain desirable characteristics.
Length of growing season may
vary from 100 days to 140 days, so
varieties may be chosen to fit the
time of maturity to the seasonal
conditions. Hybrids vary in head
type, some being very compact in
the seed head, while others are
open and quite loose. An im
portant quality in some growing
areas is resistance to bird
damage. Bird resistant varieties
are high in tannic acid at ripening
time, making the seed distasteful
to the birds. The tannic acid is
dissipated when the gram is
stored for a few weeks, and the
grain is again palatable and can
be used for feed -- even as bird
seed.
Grain Sorghum types which
display all of the different
characteristics are included in
the Lebanon County plots They
will be harvested separately
when ripe, and yield will be
tabulated and published. Local
growers can use this information
to select the hybrid best suited to
their needs and conditions.
Harvesting of the grain
sorghum variety plots will be
done with a combine, but the
yields will be tabulated using a
hand harvest method. Three
replicated plots of one 500th of an
acre each, are weighed and
sampled for moisture content.
Newton Bair, Assistant Lebanon
County Agent, is in charge of the
plots, and will supervise the
harvest. The plots were planted
with the cooperation of Delmas
Hernley, who leases the land
Several FFA members from the
Norlebco Vocational Agricultural
Department also helped in the
planting, and will assist in the
harvest.
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