Millets 



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was introduced into America 

 many years ago, but, except 

 in the north-western States, 

 it has not met with much 

 favour. There are three 

 principal varieties cultivated, 

 readily distinguishable by 

 the colour of the seeds, 

 which are white, yellow, and 

 red. The white-seeded form 

 appears to be the most 

 robust plant, and the yellow- 

 seeded varieties have usually 

 their foliage of a much lighter 

 green colour than the red- 

 seeded plants, whose leaves 

 are distinctly tinged with red. 



GUINEA CORN, 



SORGHUM, 



OR DHURRA 



Guinea Corn or Sorghum 

 (Andropogon Sorghum) is a 

 very extensively cultivated 

 cereal, and which is known 

 under a bewildering variety 

 of names. It is generally 

 regarded as a native of South 

 Africa, where it is known as 

 Kaffir Corn, taking its name 

 from the native tribe of that 

 name ; northwards, in the 

 Sudan and Egypt and in 

 other parts of Africa it re- 

 ceives the name of "Dhurra," 

 and it is also variously de- 

 scribed as " Millet," " Guinea 

 Corn," and under other 

 names. It should not be con- 

 fused with "Guinea Grass" 

 (Panicum maximum), a valu- 

 able fodder grass native to 

 West Africa, but now exten- 

 sively cultivated almost 

 throughout the tropics. 



A lamentable confusion 

 exists in the botanical no- 

 menclature of the Sorghums 

 as a class, but it seems pos- 

 sible to reduce them to three 



BINDING THE STEMS INTO SHEAVES 



TILLING THE SOIL 



A SMALL FARM IN SOUTH AMERICA 



