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EICE MILLET SORGHUM 



husk and subjected to a milling process which also removes products 

 known as "rice bran" and "rice polish," the familiar white grain of 

 commerce is left, which consists mainly of starch. 

 The following analyses are typical : 



Millet. Many plants are included under this name. Common 

 millet (Panicum miliaceum) is an annual, grown chiefly for fodder. 



"Pearl millet" or "Kaffir manna corn" (Pennisetum spicatum) 

 is also grown for forage in America. Its seed, grown on a spike-like 

 head, is small, but contains a large amount of protein (12 per cent in 

 a Transvaal sample). 



"Italian" or "golden millet," "German millet," and " Hungarian 

 grass " are varieties of Setaria italica, which grow to a height of 3 or 

 4 ft. and have broad leaves. 



Boer manna or foxtail millet (Choetochloa italica) is grown as a 

 forage crop, and makes useful hay if cut before maturity. 



Sorghum. Of this there are several varieties which are largely 

 grown both for forage and for grain. 



"Kaffir corn," Andropogum sorghum or Sorghum vulgar e, is largely 

 grown in South Africa, the grain being used as food for horses, poultry 

 and natives. It is also largely employed in the manufacture of Kaffir 

 beer by the natives. 



Durra or dhoura, Egyptian corn, Jerusalem corn, Guinea corn 

 and broom corn, are varieties of this crop grown in various hot 

 countries. 



Broom corn is so called because the panicles after removal of the 

 grain are used in the manufacture of brooms and brushes. 



Most members of the millets and sorghums are liable to contain, 

 especially in their immature stage, glucosides, which, when hydro- 

 lysed, yield hydrocyanic acid. Cases of poisoning of cattle fed upon 

 young sorghum are fairly common. Up to two grains of hydrocyanic 

 acid per pound has been found to occur in the green material, and it 

 is thought that anything exceeding half a grain of hydrocyanic acid 

 per pound of green fodder may give rise to poisoning. 



The following are analyses of the seeds of several millets and 

 sorghums : 



