. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OF THE GRAIN-SORGHUM CROP, 11 names, "Brown Egyptian corn" and "White Egyptian ; The white variety had two periods of popularity in the Great Plains area, first, in the early eighties, under the name "Rice corn," and again, ten years latei', under the name "Jerusalem ; Both varieties are stilLgrown, but only to a limited extent owing to their shattering habit. Two varieties of kafir, the White and the Red, were brought from South Africa in 1876. They did not get into general cultivation h
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. IMPORTANCE OF THE GRAIN-SORGHUM CROP, 11 names, "Brown Egyptian corn" and "White Egyptian ; The white variety had two periods of popularity in the Great Plains area, first, in the early eighties, under the name "Rice corn," and again, ten years latei', under the name "Jerusalem ; Both varieties are stilLgrown, but only to a limited extent owing to their shattering habit. Two varieties of kafir, the White and the Red, were brought from South Africa in 1876. They did not get into general cultivation here until about 1890, fourteen years later. The Blackhull kafir appeared. I Fig. 2.—RhcavL's of improved grain hoit;; 1, Red kafir; : 3, Hlackliull kafir; -1, Wliiifdurra; 5. Brown kowiiang; (i, milo; 7, Dwarf milo. soon after, but wlK'tlicr i( A\as a part of the originjd importation or was a later iiitroihiclion will prol)ably never be known. The original White kiifii- is rarely found in cultivation to-day, but the Red and the Blackhull flic iiii])()it;uit crops. Milo was first introduced into vSouth Carolina or Oeoigia about the year , but did not come into gcnci-al notice until jibout 1S<K), when it hiid become ii, stji|)le cro|) in ])!irts of west(Mii '^Fexas. 20^. 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 United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Washington Govt. Print. Off
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