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stacking them in some convenient spot on rails laid on the ground. 

 They will soon become dry enough for threshing out. The seed, 

 unless thoroughly dry, heats rapidly, consequently beans should not 

 be kept in sacks until all the superfluous moisture has evaporated 

 from them. The stalks are of value as a fodder for sheep and 

 horses, and add much to the richness of the manure pile. 



TEOSINTE (Euclilirna Mc.vii'tina). A fodder plant, native of 

 Southern Mexico and Guatemala, introduced into Australia by the 

 late Baron von Mueller. " The young shoots when boiled con- 

 stitute a fair culinary esculent." This plant is described as being 

 much quicker in growth than guinea grass, and rather slower than 

 maize, but lasting longer as green fodder. It is not so hardy as 

 sorghum. The teosinte is said to yield an immense crop, one seed 

 producing from 40 to 60 stalks, and growing to a height of 12 and 

 18 feet under favorable conditions. One pound of seed will sow an 

 acre. Treatment as for the sorghums. 



EARLY AMBER CANE. This is a useful and valuable fodder 

 plant, a variety of sorghum, but care must be exercised in feeding 

 it to stock, as cases are on record of cattle having succumbed by 

 having been allowed to eat it before it was fully matured. A check 

 in its growth renders it bitter and unpalatable, and it should only 

 be grown where uninterrupted progress is assured. It may be 

 fed green, or made into ensilage, preferably the latter ; if the 

 former, it must not be used until the seed has shot out. The seed 

 should be sown in drills 3 feet apart or broadcast in the spring. 

 When drilled in subsequent surface cultivation is advisable as 

 fostering growth and early maturity. Six to 12 Ibs., according to 

 method of sowing, drill or broadcast, will sow an acre. 



DHOURA, OR EGYPTIAN CORN, WHITE SEEDED. This is a non- 

 saccharine variety of sorghum, producing a great yield of grain. It 

 stands drought well, and grows from six to twelve feet high, and 

 may be repeatedly cut for green fodder. All kinds of stock are 

 exceedingly fond of it. The seed is excellent food for chickens. 

 Twenty pounds broadcast, or fourteen pounds in drills are required to 

 sow an acre. Drills should be three feet apart, and the plants 

 thinned out to a foot or eighteen inches, according to prodigality 

 of growth. Subsequent cultivation as for other sorghums. 



KAFFIR BRANCHING CORN. Another non-saccharine variety of 

 sorghum, of low stocky habit. It does not stool from the root, but 

 branches from the top joints. The whole stalk, as well as the 

 blades, cures into excellent fodder, and in all stages is available for 

 green feed. Withstands drought well, and is said to succeed on 

 land too poor to grow anything else. Sow from September to 

 January. Six pounds required to sow an acre in drills, and ten to 

 twelve pounds broadcast. Subsequent cultivation as for other 

 varieties of sorghum. 



JOHNSON GRASS, OR EVERGREEN MILLET (Sorghum halapcnse). 

 A variety of sorghum which has of late years come into use. It 



