- a variation of sorgo.
sorgho
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Of these twenty-five were sown, which within three months gave a sufficient return of seed to admit of the cultivation of the sorgho being extended through a number of districts.
At this Escuela normal we likewise found the sorgho, or Chinese sugar-cane, in course of cultivation with great success.
The question is settled that imphee and sorgho will make good sugar in abundance.
From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.
Some nine years back there was found to be a carmine colouring matter in most parts of the Chinese sorgho, chiefly in the unpressed stem.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
The former enters largely into the composition of the sugar-cane, the beetroot, the sugar-maple, the sorgho grass, pumpkins, carrots, and a great variety of other plants.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
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