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Andropogon sorghum. Kaoling, Chin Chow, Manchuria. Our interpreter, Mr. Suyitaki, trying to measure up to a field of Kaoling about 12 feet high in [a] region north of Chin Chow. About 10% of the heads of this field had smut. Photograph #45560.

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Unknown. “Andropogon sorghum. Kaoling, Chin Chow, Manchuria. Our interpreter, Mr. Suyitaki, trying to measure up to a field of Kaoling about 12 feet high in [a] region north of Chin Chow. About 10% of the heads of this field had smut. Photograph #45560..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed June 28, 2024, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/364.