. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. THE SACCHARINE SOBGHUMS 299 and the plant is more leafy. The variety name refers to the deep orange color of the ripe heads. This variety is excellent for sirup pro- duction and it makes a heavy yield of for- age, especially on good land. However, for cured forage farmers object somewhat to heavy stalks, as they are more difficult to handle and cure. Orange sorghum is second in popularity to Amber and is grown principally from Kan- sas southward. Collier and Colema
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. THE SACCHARINE SOBGHUMS 299 and the plant is more leafy. The variety name refers to the deep orange color of the ripe heads. This variety is excellent for sirup pro- duction and it makes a heavy yield of for- age, especially on good land. However, for cured forage farmers object somewhat to heavy stalks, as they are more difficult to handle and cure. Orange sorghum is second in popularity to Amber and is grown principally from Kan- sas southward. Collier and Coleman are two varieties of the Orange sorghum type which are so sim- ilar to it that for all forage purposes they may be considered the same. The Collier is considered the better for sirup-making. 229. Sumac sor- ghum derives its name from the very com- Fig. sorghum. pact red seed head, resembling the seed head of sumac. It is somewhat larger and perhaps later than Orange, but otherwise similar in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montgomery, Edward Gerrard, 1878-. New York, The Macmillan company
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