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SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 



SACCHARINE OR SWEET SORGHUMS 



214. Description and uses. The sweet sorghums are 

 8 to 12 feet high, and are distinguished from other classes of 

 sorghum by the great abundance of sweet juice in the stem. 

 " Sugar millet " is a local name sometimes given to the 

 sweet sorghums, although this plant is not a millet. When 

 the word "sorghum " is used alone, it usually refers to the 

 sweet sorghum. 



This group is used for the production of sirup as well as 

 for green and cured forage. It is treated in this book 



FIG. 115. ON LEFT, THREE HEADS OF AMBER SORGHUM; ON RIGHT, 

 Two HEADS OF RED KAFIR. 



only as a sirup crop, its cultivation and curing for feeding 

 purposes belonging to books on forage plants. Sorghum 

 has been used to a very limited extent as a source of sugar, 



