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chiefly from the United States, British India, Egypt, Persia, 

 Japan, Java, South Africa, East Africa, etc. 



A sample of " Guinea Corn " from Nigeria was valued in 

 England (Oct, 1909) at 23^. per 480 lb., delivered ^x Quay. 

 The grain varied in colour from white, through yellow to black, 

 with occasional red grains; the brokers to whom the sample 

 was submitted reported that it was of fairly good quahty, though 

 containing an admixture of yellow grains which would be 

 prejudicial to its sale. At that time the market for Guinea 

 corn in the United Kingdom was stated to be increasing (Coh 

 Rep. Ann, No. 687, 1911, p. 33; N, Nig. Gaz. April 30th, 1910, 

 p. 93). 



" Kaura '' has a large yellow grain, with biscuit coloured 

 glumes (Rae, Aim. Rep. Dept. Agric. N. Nigeria, 1914, p. 12), 

 common in Zanfara and considered the best for horses (Dalziel, 

 Hausa, Bot. Voc. p. 23); " Fara-fara " has a smaller white 

 grain, with black glumes, much preferred by the natives for 

 storing purposes (Rae, I.e.). ** Jigari " (Yola), " Jan-jari " or 

 " Janari " (Sokoto) is an inferior red grain, used by the Pagans, 

 chiefly for the preparation of an intoxicating drink called 

 " Peto '* and as a rule only resorted to for food in the case of 

 failure in the crop of proper Guinea Corn, Yola (Dalziel, Kew 

 Bull. 1910, p. 140 and I.e.). '' Jar dawa," with a red grain and 

 ** Akwuya,'' with a yellow grain, are used for feeding horses 

 (I.e.), and in general Guinea Corn is one of the two principal 

 food crops of the Hausas in Nigeria (Lamb, ** Agric. in Hausaland,** 

 Bull. Imp. Inst. 1913, p. 626 — Sorghum vulgare and Pennisetum 

 typhoid eum) . 



The best kind of Chinese whisky or so-called wine or 

 '* Samshu " is distilled from the seeds of Sorghum (" KaoHang " 

 seq.)\ in the provinces of Yunnan and Szechuen 90 per cent. 

 of the seed is used for this purpose, being only occasionally 

 employed for food and in the province of Hupeh, Yangtze Valley 

 the sole use of " Kaoliang " — a brown seeded form is for making 

 wine and spirits (Wilson, Gardeners* Chronicle, Sept. 1905, 

 p. 246). Samples of the spirit — ** Kaoliang whisky '' distilled 

 from the grain in Manchuria were exhibited at the Japan- 

 British Exhibition, Lofidon, 1910 (Kew Bull. 1912, p. 122) of 

 which there is an original bottle of the snirit in the Museum 



Kew 



parts of the world where the plant is grown, 

 villages north of Kano are often entirelv made 



forms in all 



m 



Guinea Corn (Dudgeon, Agric. & For, Prod. W. Africa, 1911, 



p. 120). The '' KaoKangs " (" Great Millet," '' Giant MiUet 



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or/ Tall Millet '') of China, Manchuria and Japan are used for 

 a similar purpose (Ball, U.S. Dept. Agric, Bur. PI. Industry, BulU 

 No. 253, 1913, p. 63); built around houses, ^ 



ards 



from 



the north, and in addition the stalks are made to serve a variety 



