KAFIR CORN 97 



and not flattened seeds; and douras proper, with 

 hanging or recurved short and compact heads and 

 flattened seeds. Jerusalem corn and Yellow milo 

 maize are douras. White milo maize belongs to 

 the kaflr group. Some of the forms are distin- 

 guished in Figs. 16 to 21 (all figures in this chap- 

 ter except Nos. 19, 22 and 23 are from Kansas 

 Experiment Station photographs). The grain in 

 the heads Of the kaflr corns is useful, as well as the 

 fodder, but it is not the purpose of this book to 

 discuss the grain production. Forms of doura and 

 kaflr corn have been known in this country for 

 tnany years, but it is only recently that they have 

 come to have real agricultural importance, due 

 largely to their adaptation to the hot and dry 

 regions of the western country. 



Kaflr corn is a valuable plant for dry hot 

 countries, and also for the East, since it is a rapid 

 grower, 'producing a large number of wide, luxu- 

 riant leaves that are extremely palatable. It serves 

 an excellent purpose for seeding with such legumi- 

 nous crops as cowpeas, serving as a support for the 

 pea, a:iding thereby to produce a much larger yield 

 of food of higher quality than if either were seeded 

 alone. Plants of the same nature are , Jerusalem 

 corn, Eural Branching doura. Yellow Branching 

 doura or milo maize, and Evergreen broom-corn. 



The seed of all these plants is similar to that of 

 sorghum and may be similarly treated. It may be 



