Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902 . his purpose it should be sown as early inspring as possible in drills about two to three feet apart; threeor four quarts per acre. It makes excellent green fodder. As a forage plant for early cutting, to be fed to stock, we donot think that anything is equal to the Amber Sorghum, suchas we have been selling for years, imported from several cuttings, the branching varieties of Sorghum,also called Millo Maize, may be preferable, but more so forseed than forage. The Teosinte will give more fodder thanany of
Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902 . his purpose it should be sown as early inspring as possible in drills about two to three feet apart; threeor four quarts per acre. It makes excellent green fodder. As a forage plant for early cutting, to be fed to stock, we donot think that anything is equal to the Amber Sorghum, suchas we have been selling for years, imported from several cuttings, the branching varieties of Sorghum,also called Millo Maize, may be preferable, but more so forseed than forage. The Teosinte will give more fodder thanany of the Sorghums. Some varieties not before described andrather new here are the following: White Millo Maize, or Branching Dhouro, should be plantedin four or five foot rows and two to three feet in the drills, ac-cording to the strength of the land. The cultivation is likecorn. It gives an abundance of leaves and seed; the latter aregood feed for fowls. We have dropped the Yellow MilloMaize, as fowls do not eat the seed as readily as the white. SeeAmber Sorghum. Price KAFFIR CORN. Sorghum Kaffrorum. This is a variet) of Sorghum non-saccharine, and distinctly differing in habit of growthand other characteristics from all others of that class. The plant is low, stalks perfectlyerect, the foliage is wide, alternating closing on either side of the stalks. It does not stool from the root, but branches from the top joints; producing from twoto four heads of gram from each stalk. The heads are long, narrow and perfectly erect,well filled with white grain, which at maturity is slightly flecked with red or reddishbrown spots. Weight, 6o lbs, per bushel. The average height of growth on good strong land, 5)4 to 6 feet; on thin land 4)4 to 5feet. The stalk is stout, never blown about by winds, never tangles, and is always man-ageable, easily handled. A boy can gather the grain heads or the fodder. The seed headsgrow from 10 to 12 inches in length, and product of grain on good land eas
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