256 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



and very frequently without separating the seed from the 

 heads. These are removed from the stems and run through 

 a cutting box which prepares them for being fed in a very 

 suitable form. In other instances the seed is fed directly 

 and unmixed, but a small percentage of oats a Jed im- 

 proves the grain ration. When fed to breeding ewes, the 

 percentage of oats should be large, even when the fodder 

 consists of alfalfa. 



For swine, Kafir corn, finely ground and soaked, has 

 proved fairly satisfactory when fed to swine that were being 

 fattened. It was not equal to corn, however. Swine tire 

 of it more quickly and it has more of a tendency to produce 

 constipation. When from 20 to 33 per cent of the grain 

 mixture is soy bean meal, Kafir corn is not much behind 

 corn similarly fed in fattening swine. When fed to sows 

 suckling their young, from 30 to 50 per cent of soy bean 

 meal will furnish a suitable ration. The same is true when 

 not less than 50 per cent of the meal is composed of shorts. 

 ^When fed along with skim milk to young swine before or 

 after the weaning period, the development should be satis- 

 factory, but it will be even more so if wheat middlings are 

 added. 



To horses, the few trials -made in feeding Kafir corn 

 have shown that it may be so fed with safety and profit 

 under certain conditions, especially to horses at work. 

 It is frequently fed while yet unthreshed, by simply cutting 

 off the heads of the sheaves and feeding the heads. It is 

 believed, however, that better results will be obtained from 

 first grinding the seed. What has been said about feeding 

 corn in conjunction with other grains, will also apply in the 

 main to Kafir corn seed. It is relished at least fairly well 

 by horses. 



Other non-saccharine sorghum seeds. Besides Kafir 

 corn (see p. 255), the non-saccharine sorghums known as 

 Jerusalem corn, Milo maize and Durra, are grown to some 

 extent and in some instances largely if not chiefly for the 

 grain obtained from them. They are grown sectionally as 



