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Feeds and Feeding. 



augar, designed primarily for conversion into starch, in the seed- 

 grains. In recent years the sorghums, especially the non-sac- 

 charine varieties^ have come rapidly into favor in the semi-arid 

 districts of the Western United States, ranging from Northwestern 

 Texas across the Indian Territory and Kansas, into Nebraska and 

 South Dakota. The sorghums which flourish in this region are 

 known as Kaifir, Egyptian and Jerusalem corn. According to 

 Coburn, * Kansas grew 215,000 acres of Kaffir and Jerusalem com 

 in 1895. (274) 



195. Yields of sorghum. — Burtis* reports the following com- 

 parative yields of Kaffir and Indian corn at th.e Kansas Agricult- 

 ural College: 



Yield of Kaffir and Indian com — Kansas Agricultural GoUege. 



By the table we learn that at Manhattan, which is in the corn 

 belt of Kansas, Kaf&r com leads the great American cereal in 

 yield. 



The seed is sown either broadcast, in which case it is devoted 

 to forage, or in drills, when it is cultivated like Indian corn. The 

 seed of Kaffir com weighs from fifty-six to sixty pounds to the 

 bushel. Since this grain is used by millions of human beings for 

 food, we can readily believe it valuable for feeding farm stock. 

 Enthusiasts declare it fully equal to Indian corn for stock feeding, 

 but this statement seems overdrawn. Probably Kaffir corn ranks 



1 Rept. Kan. St. Bd. Agr., Dec. 1895. 

 »Qr. Rept. Kan. Bd. Agr., Mar. 1896. 



