. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 THE KAOLIANUS : A NEW (iKOUP OF GRAIN SORGHUMS. roots are saved and huriu'd I'nr I'ucl. * * * The empty heads arc used cither for fuel or in (he inauulacture nl' brooms. The missionary previously inontioned, Mr. Doolitlic, writing of the native life and customs in Fukicn Province in 18GG, says/ concerning the uses of kaoliang by tln^ })e()plo of northern China: They make a coarse kind of bread from (he tiour of the seed of the kauliang, eaten principally by the poorer classes. The best kind of Chinese whisky, often called Chinese wine, is disti
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. 16 THE KAOLIANUS : A NEW (iKOUP OF GRAIN SORGHUMS. roots are saved and huriu'd I'nr I'ucl. * * * The empty heads arc used cither for fuel or in (he inauulacture nl' brooms. The missionary previously inontioned, Mr. Doolitlic, writing of the native life and customs in Fukicn Province in 18GG, says/ concerning the uses of kaoliang by tln^ })e()plo of northern China: They make a coarse kind of bread from (he tiour of the seed of the kauliang, eaten principally by the poorer classes. The best kind of Chinese whisky, often called Chinese wine, is distilled from the seeds. The stalks are used for fuel, for lathing in the partitions of houses, for slight and temporary fences, etc. Numerous and. Fig. 5.—Kaoliang stalks used as a leiuc at ( liangli, Cliihli, ( iiina, i Kioln-r 11, l'.<o Frank N. Meyer.) (I'liolot'iajihi'd by immense fuel yards, consisting entirely of the dried stalks of the kauliang, are found at Tientsin and many other cities in the north of China. Mr. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for tlie OfTice of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of this Bureau, lias accumulated inter- esting information and photogra])hs showing the uses of kaoliang in North Cliina. In transmitting S. P. I. No. 17921, a brown-seeded sort collected at Peesan, Chihli, he states:^ (No. 22, a.) A variety with dark-brown seeds, universally used throughout North China as fodder ff)r domestic animals. The stems of sorghum are used in building houses, the stalks being embedded in the mud walls; also for making fences, 1)aske1s, mats, tying and roofing material, and for fuel. Figures 5 and G ilhistrate the use of stalks in making f Doolittlp, Justus. Social Life of the Chinese, 186f), p. 43; revised edition t)y E. 1\ Hood, 1808, p. 25. ^Seedsand I'lants tmporttvl during tlic I'oriod from December, 1905, to July, 1906. Bulletin 106, Bureau of Plant Industry, I'. S. Dept. of .\gricMl;ure, 1!«)7, p. (iO. 253. Please note that these imag
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