VARIETIES OF SORGHUM 



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where the hulls (glumes) are small, thin and brown, covering 

 less than half the grain. The seed of both white varieties 

 is less astringent and more palatable than the red variety. 

 \t the Kansas Station the red and black hulled white varie- 

 ties have given the largest yields; while at 

 the Oklahoma Station the white varieties have 

 given the best results. Up to the present time 

 the red variety has been most generally grown, 



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A, Sorghum : type, standard broom corn. (After Hartley.) B, Sweet sorghum : 

 variety, amber cane. (After Denton.) C, Kafir corn : variety, black hulled 

 white. (After Georgeson.) 



but the culture of the black hulled white variety is being rapidly 

 extended. While the Kafir varieties have the widest adaptation 

 and are most largely grow^n, durra (synonyms Indian millet, 

 Egyptian corn), milo maize, Jerusalem corn and Egyptian rice 

 com are also grown, the latter two being especially adapted to 

 higher altitudes and arid regions. 



" These are very similar to Kafir-corn in many respects, and in growing, harvest- 

 ing and feeding practically the same methods may be followed. The white milo 

 maize grows a head very similar to Kafir-corn, is a heavy yielder ot fodder, but 



