THE NON-SACCHARINE SORGHUMS 



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wide range of conditions, and this plant, together with 

 Blackhull Kafir, is the best of the sorghums for grain 

 production. 



The milos, being about three weeks earher in maturing 

 than the kafirs, have 

 two distinct advan- 

 tages : in Oklahoma 

 and Texas they can 

 be planted early and 

 will more nearly ma- 

 ture before the severe 

 midsummer drought ; 

 also, they may be 

 grown farther north 

 and at higher alti- 

 tudes. 



240. Shallu.— This 

 plant is of recent in- 

 troduction. The 

 stalks are tall and 

 slender, with large 

 loose and open pani- 

 cles, approaching 

 broom-corn in type. 

 The plant comes from 

 India, where it is cul- 

 tivated as a winter 

 crop, being sown in 

 October and har- 

 vested in March. It 

 is grown for both seed 

 and forage. Seed of 

 this was introduced fig. no. — Yellow Miio. 



