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FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



Rice polish, equal to corn in feeding value, carries slightly more 

 protein and considerably more fat, but correspondingly less nitrogen- 

 free extract. 



Fig. 38. — A Field of Rice in Arkansas 



Rice is usually grown on low, level ground under irrigation, tho certain varieties 

 can be grown on upland without irrigation. Note that this field is flooded. 

 (From The Southwest Trail, Rock Island Lines.) 



II. Sorghums and Millets 



Numberless millions of people in India, China and Africa rely on 

 the sorghums and millets for their bread. In India more land is 

 devoted to growing these crops than to wheat, rice, and Indian corn 

 combined. In Africa the sorghums are the one ever-present crop, from 

 tropical jungle to desert oasis and mountain valley. 



The sorghums. — The sorghums may be divided into two classes — 

 the saccharine sorghums, having stems filled with sweet juices, and the 

 non-saccharine or grain sorghums, with more pithy stems and sour or 

 only slightly sweet juice. The Indian corn plant never gives satisfac- 

 tory returns if its growth is once checked. The sorghums may cease 

 growing and their leaves shrivel during periods of excessive heat and 

 drought ; yet when the soil becomes moist again, they quickly resume 



