FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
of growth and other characteristics from 
all others of that class. The plant is 
low, stocks perfectly erect, the foliage 
is wide, alternating closely on either 
side of the stalks. 
It does not stool from the root, but 
branches from the top joints, producing 
from two to four heads of grain from 
each stalk. The heads are long, narrow 
and perfectly erect, well tilled with white 
grain, which at maturity is slightly 
flecked with red or reddish brown spots. 
Weight, 60 lbs. per bushel. 
The average height of growth on good 
strong land, 54 to 6 feet; on thin land, 
44 to 5 feet. The stalk is stout, never 
blown about by winds, never tangles, 
and is always manageable, easily han- 
dled. A boy can gather the grain heads 
or the fodder. The seed heads grow 
from 10 to 12 inches in length, and pro- 
duct of grain on good land easily reaches 
50 to 60 bushels per acre. 
It has the quality common to many 
Sorghums of resisting drought. If the 
growth is checked by want of moisture, 
the plant waits for rain, and then at 
once resumes its processes, and in the 
most disastrous seasons has not failed 
so far to make its crop. On very thin 
and worn lands, it yields paying crops 
of grain and forage, even in dry seasons 
in which corn has utterly failed, on the 
same lands. 
The whole stalk, as well as the blades, 
cures into excellent fodder, and in all 
stages of its growth is available for geen 
feed, cattle, mules and horses being 
equally fond of it, and its quality not 
surpassed by any other known variety. 
If cut down to the ground, two or more 
shoots spring from the root, and the 
growth is thus maintained until checked 
by frost. 
The Kaffir Corn may be planted in the 
latter part of March, or early in April. 
It bears earlier planting than other 
Millets or Sorghums. It should be put 
in rows not over three feet apart, even 
on best land, and it bears thicker plant- 
ing than any other variety of Sorghum ; 
should be massed in the drill on good 
land, for either grain or forage purposes, 
and also on thin land, if forage mainly 
is desired. No plant can equal it for 
quality and quantity of grain and forage 
on thin lands. Use 38 to 5 lbs. of seed 
per acre: .Price ot ‘seed> 15¢e> per Th.. 
postage extra, 8c. per lb. by mail; lots 
of 10 lbs. for $1.00. 
TEOSINTE. 
(Reana luxurians.) 
This is a forage plant from Central 
America. It resembles Indian Corn in 
aspect and yegetation, but produces a 
great number of shoots 3 to 4 yards high ; 
itis perennial, but only in such situa- 
tions where the thermometer does not 
fall below freezing point. Cultivated 
as an annual, it will vield a most abun- 
dant crop of excellent green fodder. 
Considering the 'Teosinte a superior 
forage plant, the following extract of a 
letter from Mr. Chas. Debremond of 
Thibodeaux, La., will give additional 
light on the cultivation of same.—Ih 
describing his experience with Teosinte, 
he advises planting the seed in Febru- 
ary, so as to have the plants up early 
in March, as it takes some 14 or 20 days 
for the seed to germinate. He prefers 
planting in rows, as giving a heavier 
crop than when in hills; and as its 
growth during the first month is very 
slow, he gives it a good hoeing for its 
first cultivation, using only the plough 
thereafter. 
He also advises cutting the stalks for 
green food when about 4 feet high, and 
specially recommends cutting them 
close to the ground, as tending to make 
a much heavier second growth than 
when cut higher. His horses, mules 
and cattle eat the stalks with great 
avidity, leaving no part unconsumed, 
and prefer it much to green Indian Corn 
or Sorghum. 
Price, $1.75 per Ib. ; 50c. per 4 lb. ; 20c. 
per oz. Postage prepaid. 
