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sheep and horses there is probably no better way of feeding 

 it than by simply chopping off the heads from the sheaves 

 and feeding them unthreshed. In this form, under proper 

 conditions of storage, this seed is but little liable to ferment. 

 Well preserved seed when threshed, will usually command 

 so high a price for planting that it cannot be profitably used 

 for feeding in a large way to live stock. 



Kafir corn seed. Kafir corn will successfully with- 

 stand much more drought than corn and considerably more 

 than sorghum, but it cannot withstand temperatures so low 

 as some varieties of these plants. It has special adaptation, 

 therefore, for certain areas of the semi-arid belt from say 

 parallel 40 degrees southward. In these it produces more 

 grain and fodder per acre than either corn or sorghum. At 

 the Kansas experiment station located at Manhattan, it has 

 produced about 25 per cent more grain than corn. Where, 

 however, the yields of corn are equal to or greater than 

 those of Kafir corn seed, the former should be grown in 

 preference, as it is not only somewhat better relished but 

 has a higher feeding value. Except when fed to sheep and 

 fowls, Kafir corn is usually ground before feeding it. 



For cattle, Kafir corn has not been found quite equal to 

 corn. For fattening cattle, the feeding of corn is about 6 

 per cent greater. The difference in favor of corn for milk 

 production is probably even more. Cattle tire more quickly 

 of Kafir corn than of corn. 



Twenty to 30 per cent of soy bean meal greatly im- 

 proves the Kafir corn for making beef and a still larger per- 

 centage further improves it for milk production when the 

 fodder is carbonaceous in character. Wheat bran also is 

 well suited for being fed to. cattle with this meal, as it not 

 only increases the protein content, but adds to the bulk. It 

 should be fed somewhat sparingly to calves except when 

 they are being fattened, and to young cattle in process of 

 development. 



For fattening sheep, Kafir corn has proved at least 

 fairly satisfactory It is fed to them in the unground form 



