. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. MINOR CEREALS 135 growth. This group of plants is thus of vast importance as grain crops for the southern portion of the semi-arid plains region. Between 1899 and 1909 the acreage in the United States of kafir and milo grown for grain increased from 266,000 to 1,635,000 acres. Most of the grain sorghum produced in the United States is grown in the Great Plains region, east of the Kocky Mountains
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. MINOR CEREALS 135 growth. This group of plants is thus of vast importance as grain crops for the southern portion of the semi-arid plains region. Between 1899 and 1909 the acreage in the United States of kafir and milo grown for grain increased from 266,000 to 1,635,000 acres. Most of the grain sorghum produced in the United States is grown in the Great Plains region, east of the Kocky Mountains, extending from southwestern Nebraska to northwestern Texas, a limited amount also being grown in Arizona, Utah, and California. Thruout much of. Fig. 39.—Heads of Different Types of Grain Sorghums From left to right: 1 and 2, yellow milo; 3, white Kaoliang; 4, brown Kaoliang; 5, feterita; 6, red kafir; 7, pink kafir; 8, black-hulled kafir. (From Breeder's Gazette.) the grain sorghum belt these crops are more sure, and, even on good soil, give larger yields than corn. The grain sorghums commonly yield 25 bushels per acre, with maximums of 75 bushels for kafir, 46 for milo, and 80 for Grain sorghums as feeds.—The non-saccharine, or grain, sorghums include kafir, milo, feterita, kaoliang, and the less important durra and shallu: The seeds of the various sorghums are similar in composition, i Piper, Forage Plants, p. 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 Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The Henry-Morrison company
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