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GRAIN SORGHUMS—Continued 
Spur Feterita Egyptian Wheat 
EGYPTIAN. W HEAT (Shallu) Steere ere eee ere 
Introduced from India about 1890 by the Louisiana Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station, highly prized as a feed for poultry 
and sown quite extensively for game birds. Plants leafy, 
tiller freely and though of limited forage value are resistant 
to leaf diseases and well adapted to regions of high humidity. 
Seedheads large and plume-like; seed creamy white, brittle but 
not hard, with very high protein content. Shatters freely at 
maturity, an advantage when grown as shade for poultry and 
game birds, which scratch and feed on the fallen seeds. 
SPUR BE TERIT Avirccltintuc teenie cetainre honk Ce) oar emer renames 
An improved variety developed from Feterita, which was 
introduced about 40 years ago from Egypt where it is used 
as human food. A dry climate, high yielding grain variety, 
immune to smut and resistant to insect damage. Produces a 
high average yield of grain on a comparatively small supply of 
moisture; occasionally used as a late crop after oats. Stalks 
stout, seedheads erect, less compact than those of the milos, 
seed very large, soft, chalky, bluish-white, very sensitive to 
low soil temperature; high in protein and may be fed with- 
out grinding. 
Days to 
Maturity 
130 
100 
Hegari: the most popular grain and forage sorghum 
ASSOCIATED SEEDS, INC. 

Height in 
Feet 
6-8 
5-7 

