Marker Inscription
Forage crop field station at which in 1909 (when situated 6 miles NE) was planted the United States' first sudan grass, a sorghum especially adaptable to semiarid regions. The United States Department of Agriculture had brought the seed from Khartum, Africa. Here ensued more than a half-century of sorghum breeding under supervision of A. B. Conner, J. R. Quinby, J. C. Stephens and other scientists, culminating in hybrid seed for more productive crops that revolutionized the agriculture of the Great Plains. (1971)
About this site
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Substation No. 12, Home of Hybrid Sorghum is a historical marker in Chillicothe, Hardeman County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Hardeman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 17 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.1975, -99.5178 near Chillicothe. The nearest cataloged historic site is Big Valley Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Chillicothe First Methodist Church, W. P. A. Sanitation Project, and Medicine Mound Community.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5197005246. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
