801 



' Timothy '' {Phlewn pratense) (Bull, Bur. Agric, Inst. Rome, 

 1916, p. 68). 



Ref. — Sudan Grass : A New Drought-resistant Hay Plant, 

 Piper, U.S. Dept. Agric, Bur. PL Industry, Circ. No. 125, 



1913, pp. 1-20. " Sudan Grass {Aiidropogon Sorghum, var.) " 



in Forage Plants and their Culture, Piper, pp. 279-284 (The 



Macmillan Co. New York, 1915).- ■'' Sorghum [S, exiguum f. 



maxima) in North Africa," Trabut, in Le Progres Agric, Paris, 

 xxiii. March 5th 1916, pp. 235-237 : Abstract in Bull. Bur. 

 Agric. Inst. Rome, vii. May 1916, p. 682. — —Distinguishing 

 Characters of the Seeds of Sudan Grass and Johnson Grass, 

 Hillman, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull, No. 406, 1916, pp. 1-5, 



illustrated. *' Value of Sudan Grass {Andropogoii Sorghum) 



as a Forage Crop," Stemmons, in the Country Gentleman, 

 Philadelphia, Ixxx. Nov. 13th, 1915, p. 1712: Reprint in Bull. 



Bur. Agric. Inst. Rome, vii. Jan, 1916, pp. 68-69. Johnson 



and Sudan Grasses in Barbados," Agric. News, Barbados, xvii. 



June 1st, 1918, p. 168. " L'Herbe du Soudan ou Soudan 



Grass," C.C. in L'Agronomie Coloniale (formerly L'Agric. prat, 

 pays chauds) Mai-Juin, 1919, pp. 196-197 (Compt. Rendu de 

 L'Acad. d'Agric. 1919, p, 460). 



Sorghmn Vogelianmn, Stapf ; Fl. Trop, Afr. IX. p. 116. 



[Andropogon Sorghum, var. Vogelianus, Piper in Proc. Biol. 

 Soc. Wash, xxviii. p. 34.] 



Nun (Niger) River (Vogel), Engenni River (Holland), Benue 

 River (Macleod) and Oban (Talbot) in Nigeria ; Cameroon River 



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All of the above species of Sorghum that yield a serviceable 

 grain may be called *' Great IVfillet " or " Guinea Corn," as these 



names were always associated with Aiidropogon Sorghum, Brot. 

 var. vulgaris^ Hack, {Sorghum vulgare, Pers.), the very diverse 

 characters of which have been separated into the several species 

 above noted (Stapf, Fl. Trop. Africa, I.e.) including the distinct 

 cultural groups recognised in the United States (Ball, Piper, seq.) 

 and India (Watt, seq,); but it is important to note as Dr. Stapf 

 points out (I.e. p. 135) that "an exhaustive treatment of the 

 hundreds of races which have been given distinctive popular 

 names," is not yet possible. Broadly the cultivated Sorghums 

 are sometimes divided into juicy, sweet-stemmed and dry- 

 stemmed; or '' Saccharine," " Non-Saccharine " and '' Broom " 

 Sorghums, they are grown chiefly for the grain {bicolor, cajfrorttm, 

 caudatum, cernuum, guineense, Boxburghii), sugar and syrup 

 (saccharatum) y forage {halepense, sudanense, and most others, 

 especially those with sweet stems) and for brooms {fechnicus). 



The grain in this country in its use for feeding poultry is 

 better known as " Dari " or " Derry Corn " ; the quotations 

 on the Corn Market are for '' Indian Dari," '' Persian Dari," etc. 

 according to country of origin, usually at per quarter of 480 lb. — 

 price (1911) 245. (Journ. Bd. Agric. May 1911, p. 179); imported 



