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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 kafir 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 kafir 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 
kafir corn have been known in this country for 
many 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. 
Kafir 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, aiding 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, Rural 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 
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