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Kaffir And Egyptian Corn

Categories: Grains and Forage Crops

Does Kaffir corn yield as well here as Egyptian corn? The fodder is good

feed and the heads stand erect and at a more even height from the

ground, which makes three advantages over Egyptian. Irrigation in either

case is the some.



The reasons you mention have no doubt had much to do with the present

popularity of an upright plant like Kafir over a gooseneck like the old

dhoura or Egyptian, which was the type first introduced in California.

For years there has been more gooseneck sorghum in the Sacramento valley

than in any other part of the State. It may have superior local

adaptions or the people may be more conservative. The way to determine

which is better is to try it out, and, unless the Egyptian does better

in grain and forage than the upright growers, take to the grain which

holds its head up.



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