. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. KAFIR AND DURRA KAFIR AND DURRA 385 as dura, durrah, durrha, dourah, doura, dhurra, dhoura, dhura) is applied to all tall-growing suc- culent crops, whether maize, sorghum, or others, and subordinate specific names are used with it to designate special kinds. The word milo is a corrup- tion of the Latin milium, a name that has long been applied to various plants that are commonly known as millets. Cultivation of kafir and durra. By E. G. Montgomery and C. W. Warburton. Kafirs and durras all come from rather dry, or semi-arid regions. All a
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. KAFIR AND DURRA KAFIR AND DURRA 385 as dura, durrah, durrha, dourah, doura, dhurra, dhoura, dhura) is applied to all tall-growing suc- culent crops, whether maize, sorghum, or others, and subordinate specific names are used with it to designate special kinds. The word milo is a corrup- tion of the Latin milium, a name that has long been applied to various plants that are commonly known as millets. Cultivation of kafir and durra. By E. G. Montgomery and C. W. Warburton. Kafirs and durras all come from rather dry, or semi-arid regions. All are considered drought-re- sistant, are similar in general appearance, and are cultivated principally as forage crops. While the kafir is principally grown for forage, it unquestion- ably has great value as a grain crop in semi-arid regions. In Kansas, in 1899, about one-seventh of the acreage was grown for grain, the remainder . for forage. Habits of growth. The plants average four to seven feet in height, are erect, with rather thick and short-jointed stems, and very compact heads ten to twelve inches in length. The roots do not so deep as those of maize, but the root system is somewhat more in the upper eighteen inches of soil. Few of the roots are more than three feet deep. Kafir extracts soil moisture to a greater extent than maize, because of its long-continued growth in the fall. A valuable characteristic of the plant in dry regions is its ability to cease growth and remain dormant for several weeks during a period of drought. When hot, dry winds come, the leaves will roll up and the plant may remain with- extent. The culture has had rapid development in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California. Kafir and durra are peculiarly adapted to the drier sections of these states, owing to their ability to withstand hot summer winds and long droughts. They have not proved popular north of the 42d parallel, as none of the varieties mature satisfactorily that far north,
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