Sorghum Improvement

[Contents:] New in the United States, Sorghum Is an Ancient Crop with Many Uses (How Sorghums Came to the United States) --- Characteristics of Sorghum and the Leading Varieties Grown in the United States (Experimenting with Foreign Introductions) --- The Chief Objectives in Breeding for Sorghum Improvement (Breeding for Machine Methods of Harvesting) --- The Story of the Development of Improved Sorghum Varieties in the United States (Milo – Milo Continues to Mutate – Development of the Wheatland Variety – A New Variety, Resistant to Root Rot – Kafir – Feterita – Durra – Kaoliang – Miscellaneous Grain Sorghums – Sorgo – Broomcorn) --- A Brief Survey of Sorghum Breeding in Foreign Countries --- Advances Made in the Fundamental Knowledge of Inheritance in Sorghums --- Appendix (Table 1.—Character Inheritance in Sorghum – Table 2.—Sorghum Factors Linked - Table 3.—Distinct Sorghum Factors, Probably Inherited Independently – Investigators Now Carrying on Most of the Sorghum Breeding in the United States – Prominent Sorghum Breeders in Foreign Countries – Table 4.—Improved Varieties of Sorghum Developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural Experiment Stations).