794 



the ^ork was done by one man and one girl of 13; the ground 



some 



(Webster 



Nigeria Gaz., April 2nd, 1914). In St. Kitts, West Indies, 

 " Mazzagua " is planted about July or August on 3-feet banks, 

 each seed 1 ft. apart in the row and comes to maturity in five 

 months. It is harvested by cutting o£E the ears near the top 

 of the stem and then carrying them in baskets to the house or 

 shed; the ears are kept in heaps for a few days, afterwards 

 spread out on the floor of the building and the grains threshed 

 out by means of a flail; threshing may also be done eflectively 

 by the machines used for threshing broom corn. Fifty bushels 

 of corn per acre may be considered a good yield ; the return 

 from plot experiments at St. Kitts 

 between 25 and 35 bushels per acre (Rep. Bot. St. St. Kitts 

 Nevis, 1913-14, p. 6 ; Agrlc. News, Barbados, Nov. 18th, 1916, 

 p. 372)* '' Mazaggua Guinea Corn," 



Mazzagua " varied 



'' Mazaggua Guinea Corn," introduced to the Leeward 

 Islands about 1903, is reported to have proved successful there 

 (Ic. Jan. 25th, 1919, p. 30). 



An annual, 10-H ft. high, grain white, well adapted, as its 

 native name in Bornu imphes, to growing under comparatively 

 dry conditions. 



Bef. — '* Nigerian Sorghum in Queensland,^* in Bull. Imp. 

 Inst., iv. 1906, pp. 226^229, '' Mazzagua." 



Sorghum Durra, Stapf; FL Trop. Afr. IX. p. 129. 



Vernac. names. — Durra (Egypt, Forshal) ; Durra (United 

 States, Stapf, Moyitgomery) ; Aklima^vi, Safra Kohia, Hamaize 

 (Sudan, Stapf) ; Dura (Eritrea, Manetti).- — Jerusalem Corn or 

 Egyptian Rice Corn — White Durra; Egyptian Corn — Brown 



Durra {Montgomery), 



Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Arabia, India, Afghanistan, and the 

 United States. 



■ m. 



Grain an important food crop in all the countries where it 

 is known to be grown. " White Durra " and '' Brown Durra " 

 -introduced into California in 1874. The former is said to be 

 little grown, as it is frequently injured by insects and diseases ; 

 the grain also shatters badly; but the latter has continued in 

 cultivation, especially in Southern California and Texas. A more 

 popular variety of the Durra group is that of '' Milo " or 



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Milo** introduced about 1885; it is regarded as the 

 best of all the Sorghums for grain production [together with 

 *' BlackhuU Kafir "] ; it comes to maturity in from 90-100 days. 

 The Durras are not considered so well suited for forage as the 

 " Kafir " varieties. The Central and North East African Durra 



furni 



Africa 



as low in forage and high in grain production, while those of 

 India produce both forage and grain (Montgomery, Corn Crops, 

 pp. 301, 310). In Eritrea, '' Dura " is nearly always grown 

 for food, being httle used as fodder (Manetti, L'Agric. Col. Italy, 

 Mar. 1911, p. 100). Experiments with Sudan Durra for brewing 



