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color develops as the seed matures, and at maturity 

 is very nearly a brick-red. The kafirs should not 

 be confounded with their sisters — Jerusalem corn, 

 milo maize or rice -corn. 



All the varieties of the non- saccharine sorghums 

 that will mature in Kansas have been tested side 

 by side. For the extreme northwestern counties of 

 Kansas, observation shows that kafir corn is not 

 so well adapted as Jerusalem corn or rice -corn. 

 The altitude being high, the short seasons and 

 cool nights seem to affect the kafir corns so that 

 they often will not mature seed. Although they 

 always make fodder, and sometimes a good crop 

 of seed, they are not so reliable as the others. The 

 White kafir corn with some is the favorite for fod- 

 der, and all varieties have their admirers, but at 

 the Kansas Station all have been abandoned for 

 the Black- hulled White. It has proved the heaviest 

 yielder in both grain and fodder, and if there is 

 any difference between it and the Red for resisting 

 dry weather, it is in favor of the Black-hulled 

 White. There is a greater difference between the 

 Red and the White in these respects than between 

 the Red and the Black -hulled White. 



For the first seven years the Red was grown. 

 The Black-hulled White was then tested, and from 

 1896 to 1898 the two varieties were grown side by 

 side, the Red giving an average yearly yield of 

 thirty-seven bushels per acre, and the Black-hulled 



