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The Colorado Experiment Station 
Brown kaoliang is very promising for many sections. It has 
been possible to mature kaoliang at higher altitudes and in cooler 
situations than other grain sorghum. It has about the same feed¬ 
ing quality and value as the kafirs. Milo and feterita are better 
adapted where the season is long enough to mature them. In very 
dry situations with excessively short seasons, kaoliang may have 
a place. In such locations corn does not thrive and other sorg¬ 
hums are not adapted. 
Shallu has been tried and gives some promise. At the pres¬ 
ent time, however, the kaoliangs and shallu cannot be recom¬ 
mended for the Colorado plains as strongly as kafir and milo. It 
is advisable to confine the grain sorghum production largely to 
those two crops. 
Feterita is a white-seeded crop, resembling milo very much, 
except that the heads are usually erect. Milo and feterita belong 
to the group of sorghums known as duras. Feterita was first tried 
in Colorado under the name of Sudan Dura. It is adapted to prac¬ 
tically the same territory to which milo is adapted. It is more 
drouth resistant than milo, but is somewhat more adversely af¬ 
fected by the cool climate. As a consequence, milo is to be pre¬ 
ferred for planting. 
Methods of Planting .—All of the grain sorghums should pref¬ 
erably be planted in rows, whether it is expected they are to be 
used for grain or forage. The rows should be at least 3^2 feet 
apart. The rate of planting should be such that kafir should have 
a space of 8 to 10 inches between plants (in very dry situations 12 
to 15 inches) ; feterita should be planted about as milo. This rate 
of seeding will require 5 or 6 pounds of seed per acre, ordinarily. 
For planting, an ordinary corn planter provided with milo plates 
can be used. If milo plates are not at hand, blank plates can be 
made into milo plates by having a blacksmith drill holes of the 
proper size and spacing. 
In the hotter, drier sections of the plains the grain sorghums 
will produce heavier yields of forage than corn. In such sections 
they should be grown for the silo or for fodder in preference to 
corn. 
Harvesting .—When harvested for forage, these crops should 
be made into fodder, or preferably siloed. They should be al¬ 
lowed to stand in the field under ordinary conditions until the 
seed is practically ripe. If put into the silo earlier, they will not 
make as much feed and there is a tendency to the formation of a 
sour silage. 
In addition to being valuable for forage, the seed of the grain 
sorghums is valuable for feeding to all kinds of animals. It is 
