For poultry feed it is equal, and by some regarded as being superior, 

 to Indian corn. When fed to stock the best results are obtained by 

 making it into a meal. In feeding poultry, however, it does better 

 when the grains are fed whole. 



The farmer must keep in mind the fact that in order to get the best 

 results from Kaffir corn it must be fed with feeds containing protein. 



Planting 

 Kaflfir corn can be planted in hills, drilled with an ordinary corn 

 planter, with a grain drill or sowti broadcast. When planted for seed 

 it is better to plant four or five grains in a hill three feet apart; if for 

 a soiling crop it should be sown broadcast or drilled with a grain drill. 

 In dry sections it is advisable to use the lister in planting. The 

 seed should not be planted until the ground is warm, if placed in cold 

 damp ground, it will rot. 



MILO MAIZE 



MILO maize, Hke Kaffir com is a non-saccharine sorghum. In 

 appearance, nutritive value and habits, it is very similar to Kaffir 

 com. By some it is regarded as being even more drouth resisting. 



Feeding Value 



H. M. Cottrell states that a bushel of Milo maize will make ten or 

 eleven pounds of pork, or, in other words, the farmer can make four hun- 

 dred or more pounds of pork from one acre of Milo. He states that it 

 is a never failing crop in the Pan Handle of Texas and that it will yield 

 twenty or more bushels per acre in sections where it is so dry that wheat 

 is an absolute failure and corn cannot be grown. He recommends it 

 very highly for horses and advises that it be fedunthreshed, or, in other 

 words, feeding the entire cured plant. He suggests that if the seeds are 

 fed shelled that many of them are swallowed whole and will pass 

 through the horse undigested, but if fed in the head the grains will be 

 thoroughly masticated. It is recommended very highly for fattening 

 cattle. It should first be fed in the shock, later in the head, and the 

 cattle finished off with the ground meal. It makes an excellent dairy 

 feed and should be fed in the head insuring thorough mastication. 

 When Milo maize meal is fed to calves with skim milk, they make a 

 \ery rapid gain. In feeding this grain it must be remembered that 

 the best results will be obtained when fed with alfalfa or some feed 

 containing a large amount of protein. 



Planting 



The same rules governing Kaffir corn will apply to Milo maize. 



