DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



able. The raising of sorghum is increasing rapidly in the 

 southern part of the semi-arid plains section. The num- 

 ber of bushels of these grains produced in the United 

 States in 1919 was 126,058,00x5. 



The sorghums are divided into two classes: the non- 

 saccharine or grain sorghums which include all those of 

 interest to the poultryman, and the saccharine sorghums 

 the stems of which are filled with sweet juices and are 

 used as fodder for livestock. The grain sorghums in- 

 clude kafir, milo, durra, feterita, kaoliang and shallu, of 

 which only the first four are of importance as poultry 

 feeds. The standard weight by which sorghums are sold is 

 56 pounds to the bushel and it takes about 73 pounds of 

 head kafir or 66 pounds of head milo to make a bushel of 

 these grains. Kafir is the leading poultry grain of the 

 sorghums and is the one most extensively grown in this 

 country. It will give a yield of 50 to 75 bushels of grain 

 to the acre on good soil with good climatic conditions, but 

 the average yield is usually quite low, depending greatly 

 on the amount of rain- fall. Milo is the next most import- 

 ant grain of this class and is grown in the drier part of 

 the territory adapted for sorghums. Feterita is another 

 promising grain sorghum and will mature in a somewhat 

 shorter growing season than the other grain sorghums. It 

 does well in the eastern section of the grain sorghum belt 

 but is more difficult to grow and handle than the others. 



The Durras which include both white and brown 

 Durra, commonly called Egyptian or Jerusalem corn, 

 have a thick head which is compact and egg-shaped. The 



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