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kaffir corn

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noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: kaffir.   kafir.  an old-fashioned and now taboo name for a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder

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They were on their way to the Paraguayan Chaco, where Canadian and European Mennonites, in settlements now decades old, have made the swampy wilderness bear fat crops of cotton and kaffir corn.

From Time Magazine Archive

The principal feeds are red wheat, sifted cracked corn, Canada peas, kaffir corn, hemp seed and German millet seed.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

In these receptacles should be kept a generous supply of sifted cracked corn, Canada peas, wheat, German millet, kaffir corn and hemp.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

The best kinds of feeds to use are cracked corn, red wheat, kaffir corn, millet, peas, hemp and rice.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl

In the morning give wheat, cracked corn, and peas in equal parts; in the afternoon give equal parts of cracked corn, peas, kaffir corn, and millet.

From Profitable Squab Breeding by Dare, Carl