. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 388 KAFIR AND DURRA KALE Uses and value. In Africa the grain of kafir is used as human food. In the United States, however, it is little used in this way, most of it being fed to stock, either as grain or as forage. Working horses may- be fed the grain threshed or in the head, but for idle horses and colts better results can be obtained by feeding grain and stalks together. The grain. Fig. 582. Blackhull kaflr. Planted June 13 on flooded ground. Photographe
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. 388 KAFIR AND DURRA KALE Uses and value. In Africa the grain of kafir is used as human food. In the United States, however, it is little used in this way, most of it being fed to stock, either as grain or as forage. Working horses may- be fed the grain threshed or in the head, but for idle horses and colts better results can be obtained by feeding grain and stalks together. The grain. Fig. 582. Blackhull kaflr. Planted June 13 on flooded ground. Photographed 101 days later. First rod of four rows here shown averaged 79 stalks per row. Kansas. should be threshed and ground for feeding as a fattening ration to cattle, but for dairy cows and young stock the fodder may be used. The meal is much used with skim-milk for feeding to calves. For hogs, the grain should be ground and fed in troughs, using water or skim-milk to moisten the meal. Best results may be secured by feeding the meal with alfalfa hay or skim-milk, or by feeding when the hogs are on alfalfa pasture. For sheep, the whole grain, ground grain, or fodder may be used. The whole grain is excellent for poultry. The grain is similar in composition to corn, but is slightly higher in starch content and lower in protein. In feeding tests it has never been found quite equal to corn. The fodder is considered equal to corn stover. Care must be exercised in feeding the young growth, as it has been found that prussic acid devel- ops when the growth is checked. Under certain conditions, young growths of all sorghams may be poisonous. Frost and extreme drought are supposed to develop the poison by checking the growth, resulting in the action of an enzyme on a glucoside normally present in the plant. Literature. Farmers'Bulletins Nos. 37 and 288, United States Department of Agriculture; Kansas Experiment Station, Bulletins Nos. 56, 93, 127; Nebraska Ex- periment Station, Bulletin No. 7
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