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stand. It does not have sufficient foree to push 
through soil that has washed down and settled 
over it. Surface-planted land may be affected by 
dashing rains, but it is not likely to be. The 
washing and settling of the soil by rain, of course, 
depends a great deal on the character of the soil, 
Wiest 
Fig. 21. Forms of kafir corn, and a sweet sorghum.—(1) Brown doura; 
(2) Black-hulled White kafir corn; (3) Red kafir eorn; (4) Kavanaugh 
sorghum; (5) Yellow milo maize; (6) Large Afriean millet, or White 
milo maize. 
