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of from IO5.-I65. per cwt., and at present (1916) it is worth 26*. 

 per cwt. (Bull. Mensuel de FOffice du Gouv. Tunisien, Paris, 

 X. Sept.-Oct. 1916, pp. 70, 71 : Bull. Bur. Agric. Inst., Rome, 

 viii. Jan: 1917, pp. 72, 73). In Queensland, three classes of 

 brush are distinguished in the trade — " Inside," generally not 

 more than 17 in. long, used for forming: the inside of the broom: 



" Cover," 17-20 in. long, for covering the inside and also for 

 forming the shoulders; and "Hurl," ranging from 20-25 in. in 

 length, fine and straight for the outside and finished covering of 

 the broom. About 1| lb. of brush are required to make an 

 ordinary broom, and the grades are used in about equal propor- 

 tions (Queensland Agric. Journ., I.e. p. 231). In Cyprus the 

 culti\ ation of broom-corn (" teliihri " or " skoupa ") has been 

 extended, and a good number of brooms of very fair quality arc 

 now locally made ; the seed is used as food for chickens, and the 



plant is said to grow well on irrigated land (Bull. Imp. Inst. 

 1919, p. 529). 



-^^e/. — " Culture of Broom-Coru in the United States and the 

 Manufacture of Brooms," The Technologist, i. 1861, pp. 239-244. 



" Broom Corn or Millet {Sorghum Dhurra) " in Trop. Agric, 



Simmonds, pp. 339, 340 (E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1877). 



" Broom Corn {Sorghum dura) " in Spon's EncycL, Div. II. 



pp. 642, 643 (E & F. N. Spon, London, 1880). " SorgoaBalais 



{Holcus Sorghum) " in Les PI. Industrielles, HeuzeJ. pp. 293-300 



(Libr. Agric. de la Maison Rustique, Paris, 1893). "Broom 



Corn {Aiidropogon Sorghum vulgaris)" in Report No. 9, 1897, 



Dodge, U.S. Dept. Agric, Fiber Investigations, pp. 59, 60. 



" Broom Corn," Hartley, U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' BuU. No. 174, 



1903, pp. 1-30, iUustr. " Cultivation of Broom Corn," West 



Indian Bull., vii. No. 3, 1906, pp. 221-225; abstract in Agric. 



News, Barbados, v. Dec 16th, 1906, p. 391. "Broom Corn," 



Warburton, in Cycl. American Agric, Bailey, ii. 1907, pp. 216, 217. 



" Broom Millet," Marks, in Queensland Agric. Journ., xxvi. 



May 1911, pp. 231-246, illustr. (reproduced from a Bulletin 



issued by Dept. Agric N.S. Wales). "Broom Millet." in 



Agric Gaz. N.S. Wales, xxii. May 2nd, 1911, pp. 436, 437, 

 including rules for cutting and bahng of the National Assoc. 

 of Broom Manufacturers, Cliicago. — — " Manuring of Broom 

 Corn," Bull. Inter. Inst. Agric, Rome, iv. 8th Aug. 1913. 



pp. 1222-1224. " Broom Corn from Nyasaland," BuU. Imp! 



Inst., xiii. 1915, pp. 201-203. Dwarf Broom Corns, Rothgeb, 



U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 768, 1916, pp. 1-16, illus- 

 trated.— — Broom Corn Experiments at Woodward, Oklahoma, 

 Rothgeb & Sieglinger, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 836, 1920, 

 pp. 1-53, 



Sorghum CafErorum, Beauv.; Fl. Trop. Afr., IX. p. 130. 



III. — Gay, Grasses, t. 91. 



Vernac. name. — Kafir (N. America, Stapf, Piper). 

 Bomu in Nigeria (see the varieties below); Damaraland, 

 Rhodesia, and cultivated in South Africa in several races mainly 



