SORGHUM. 



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produce as much fodder as the other grain sorghums ; bul it is very quick in 

 maturity, being at leas! second, and sometimes first, of all the sorghums. 

 This is an important factor in dry-farming districts, and one which is always 

 kepi in view in the process of selection. Feteiita is one of our most 

 promising grain sorghums for the interior, and its value should be considerable 

 as a summer grain-producing crop. Its ability to set seed under adverse 

 conditions renders it superior to Kafir, and its heavy seed heads make it 

 .superior to Kaoliang. It can only be equalled or excelled in most parts by 

 Milo. 



White Kafir at Hawkesbury Agricultural College. 

 Yield — 10 tons oi fodder and H bushels ot seed per acre. 



Koaliang. — -This sorghum has been tried in the same localities as the 

 others, with the addition of farmers' experiment plots at Casino and Milton, 

 and also at Grafton and Glen Jnnes Experiment Farms. 



Kaoliang is easily the most rapid grower of all the sorghums. Its seed 

 always germinates satisfactorily, even in such cold soils as Glen Innes, and 

 it is always first to appear above ground. As a rule, it grows to a good 

 height, with thin stems and not much leaf. It does not tiller or sucker in 

 any way. Its roots are weak, and strong winds play havoc with the mature 

 crop, levelling it to the ground in all directions. Hilling-up will eliminate 

 this defect to a considerable extent. 



Kaoliang is the most drought-resistant of all our sorghums, even more si. 

 than Kafir, inasmuch as it will not fail to set seed under the most adverse 

 conditions. At Nyngan in the season 1915-16, which was extremely dry, 35 

 per cent, of the plants had flowered and set seed before any of the other 

 sorghums showed any tendency to do so. 



