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the heads from the stalks with knives or with some form of 

 header. The shocked sorghum may then be fed to stock like 

 corn fodder, or it may be thrashed like small grain. The 

 kafir and milo heads may be stored in cribs like corn and fed 

 without thrashing, or they may be thrashed like wheat or 

 oats and only the thrashed grain used for feeding. 



325. Value of the Grain. Most of the grain sorghum 

 crop is used for feeding to stock, for which purpose it is 

 nearly as valuable as corn. The seed is fed either whole or 



Fig 86. Harvesting kafir for forage with a corn binder. 



crushed; slightly better results are usually obtained from the 

 crushed grain. The grain sorghums make up a large part 

 of the prepared poultry feeds which are on the market, 

 considerable quantities being used annually for this purpose. 

 Only a small portion of the crop is used for human food, 

 though very palatable breakfast foods, bread, and pan- 

 cakes may be prepared from kafir and milo. The stalks 

 and leaves of kafir, when properly cured, are fully as good 

 for forage as the same parts of the corn plant. Milo is less 



