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Notwithstanding large yields, penicillaria has not 

 become popular, as have other coarse forage grasses, 

 especially sorghum and Japanese sugar-cane. 



At the Kansas Experiment Station, penicillaria stover 

 was compared with kafir corn stover in feeding cattle. 

 In a 22-day test the cattle ate only half as much of the 

 former as of the latter. Those eating the penicillaria 

 stover lost an average of 30 pounds each, while those 

 fed ( :i kafir corn gained an average of 6.9 pounds 

 each. 



American seed is at present grown mainly in Georgia, 

 where the yield is said to average 500 pounds to the acre. 

 Where English sparrows are abundant, it is useless to try 

 to get a seed crop. 



368. Teosinte (Euchlcena m,exicana) is a coarse annual 

 grass, growing 8 to 12 feet high, and commonly producing 

 many stems from the same root. It is a native of tropical 

 America, probably Mexico, and is closely related to corn, 

 with which it forms hybrids. 



Teosinte requires a rich soil and a long season of moist 

 hot weather for its best development. It never has ma- 

 tured north of central Mississippi, but as a fodder crop 

 is occasionally grown as far north as Maryland. The 

 first frosts of autumn promptly turn the leaves brown. 



In recent years its culture in the United States has 

 dwindled. On soils of moderate fertility it does not yield 

 as well as the sorghums and on rich soils not so heavily 

 as Japanese sugar-cane. The rather high cost of the seed 

 has perhaps also been a factor in reducing the culture of 

 teosinte. 



Teosinte may be used in the same way as sorghum; 

 namely, as fodder, green feed or silage. If cut green for 

 silage two cuttings each 4 or 5 feet high can be secured in 



