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I KVJ KI) FIELD SEEDS 
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SORGHUM 
NON-SACCHARINE VARIETIES 
SHALLU. a. Non-Saccharine Sorghum from 
India, where it is extensively cultivated under 
the name of “Shallu.” 
It grows quite tall and stools from the root, a 
■Ingle grain making 3 to 6 stalks. The heads are 
large, similar to broom corn, and well filled with 
f lump round white seeds. It makes excellent 
eed for horses and cattle and is unexcelled for 
ohickens. While more a grain than a forage 
arop, it furnishes good fodder. 
Sow in rows three feet apart, three to five 
pounds of seed per acre. For fodder, sow half to 
one bushel either broadcast or in drills. Give it a 
trial. 
KAFFIR CORN 
WHITE KAFFIR CORN. It grows from four 
to five feet high, making a straight, upright 
growth. It has a stalky stem, with enormous 
vide leaves. The stalk keeps green and are brit¬ 
tle and juicy, not hardening like other varieties 
of sorghum, making excellent fodder either green 
or dried, which is highly relished by cattle, horses 
and sheep. The seed heads form at the top of 
•ach stalk, and as soon as these show the grain 
veil, the Joints next below the top send up shoots 
which yield the second seed heads. For the grain 
•ow in rows three feet apart, three to five pounds 
of seed to the acre. For fodder sow one-half to 
one bushel, either broadcast or in drills. 
KED KAFFIR CORN. This grows taller than 
the white; the stalks are slenderer, but more 
Juicy and very leafy. The heads are long, slen¬ 
der, compact and grow erect; they measure from 
one to two feet. The seed is red, smaller than 
that of the white, and rather hard and brittle. 
It does well on poor land and yields well. It 
ripens a little earlier than the white variety, and 
ields much heavier. It is highly recommended 
y the Kansas Agricultural College at Manhattan 
BCEROCK KAFFIR. An early drouth resisting 
half saccherine variety. 
YELLOW MILO MAIZE—(Milo). Growth ia 
tall, 9 to 12 feet, stooling from the ground. It 
sends out shoots also from the joints. Seed 
heads grow to great size, often weighing % of 
a pound, sometimes a full pound, after ripening. 
On account of the branching habits this grain 
should be planted in rows 4 to 6 feet apart, and 
2 to 3 feet in the drill, or 2 plants in a hill, 
3 to 5 feet apart. 
FETERITA —Introduced in the United States 
in 1907 from Egypt. Feterita has been grown for 
several years in Oklahoma and found to be one of 
the greatest drouth resistant and heavy yielding 
plants grown in that section. Grower raised 30 to 
55 bushels per acre last season. 
Feterita has a white kernel, somewhat larger 
than Kafir and heads a little shorter; grows 4 to 
6 feet tall and matures about 40 days earlier than 
Kafir. Should be planted in rows 3*4 feet apart 
and dropped 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows. It 
should not be planted as close as Kafir, because 
when the plant is a*bout 6 inches high, it puts out 
from 4 to 10 sucker plants, each plant maturing a 
large head of grain. The heads of Feterita grows 
upright and has the same feeding value for all 
kinds of stock or poultry that Kafir or Milo has. 
Feterita should be cultivated the same as Corn. 
Kafir or Milo; should be cut and bound the same 
as Kafir and fed out in bundles to get the best re¬ 
sults. 
SUDAN GRASS. This, one of the most remark¬ 
able forage crops known, was introduced by the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, from Egypt, In 
1909, and tested at various state experiment 
stations. These tests show it to be adapted to 
the semi-arid regions as well as those enjoying 
ample rainfall. 
It is a tall annual grass normally growing from 
6 to 10 feet high and producing from 25 to 100 
stalks to each plant. The yield of hay is re¬ 
ported from 3 to 6 tons per acre. 
All kinds of stock eat ft readily and it makes 
a profitable ensilage. 
In arid districts it is usually planted in rows 
3 feet apart, using 2 to 4 lbs. of seed per acre if 
a seed crop is desired. If forage is wanted, plant 
8 to 12 lbs. per acre in 18-inch drills. Sown 
broadcast in regions of ample rainfall, 16 to 20 
lbs. per acre is required. 
SACCHARINE VARIETIES 
Sorghum (or sugar cane) has attracted general 
attention. In the West, its great merit is not at 
all appreciated, and we wish to call the attention 
of farmers everwhere to the great value of Sor¬ 
ghum as a pasture and fodder crop, and to the 
particular advantage to be gained by growing it 
Sorghum may be made to furnish the principal 
provender for cattle and horses from August until 
the following spring. As a summer pasture for 
sheep, a wide field is likely to be opened up by it. 
As a soiling food for swine it is most excellent, 
and the seed furnishes a splendid food for fowls. 
It can be profitably grown everywhere, from the 
extreme north to the extreme south, and on any 
ground adapted to the growth of corn. It grows 
right along through the severest and most pro¬ 
longed drouths, so that a good yield may be ex¬ 
pected from suitable soils in any seasons after 
the plants have secured a good start. 
EARLY AMBER CANE. This popular and well 
known variety is the earliest. 
EARLY ORANGE CANE. A well known vari¬ 
ety, well adaptSd for the south. 
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