SORCrHUM 

 AND KAFIB 

 CORN 



156 AEID AGEICULTUEE. 



pay to harvest corn-stalks by turning in stock to 

 eat them. Fodder is less valuable if left to cure 

 in the fields, and there is considerable loss occa- 

 sioned by cattle dying suddenly from corn-stalk 

 disease. There are no bad effects from feeding 

 cured corn fodder. Fifty pounds of corn fod- 

 der when it is in best condition is said to eqtial 

 seventy-five pounds of millet or sorghum. 



The word sorghum usually designates the 

 sweet forms which may be grown for sugar. The 

 common non-saccharine sorghums are called 

 Kafir corn, or Jerusalem corn, rice corns, or 

 Dhouras. The CTilture is alike for all these sor- 

 ghums and the general recommendation for 

 preparation of the land and cultivation of crop 

 given for corn is applicable to sorghum. These 

 plants are valuable for some parts of the West. 

 The Kafir corns grow in the hotter, longer sea- 

 sons, and the Dhouras and sweet sorghum fur- 

 ther north. They are usually grown for forage, 

 but the grain is of great value. Ground surghum 

 seed has much the same nature as corn meal and 

 has a value only a little less than corn for feeding. 

 The sorghums have weak germinating seeds and 

 are slow in the earlier part of their growth. The 

 seed should not be planted until the weather gets 

 warm, usually after the middle of May, and level 

 culture is better than listing, as the plants should 

 be up where they receive the sun and heat. They 

 should be drilled in rows, three feet apart, and 



