Nutritive Value of Low and High Protein Sorghum Grains for Growing Chickens

READY adaptability of sorghum grains to varied growing conditions, especially to irrigated arid areas, has stimulated research on these grains in widely separated parts of the world, Adolph and Cheng (1935) in China, Anderson and Martin (1949) in the U. S., Lal (1950) and Balasubramanian et al. (1952) in India, Adrian and Sayerse (1954) in Africa, and Kik (1956) in the U. S. In the United States this research is primarily concerned with development of high-yielding hybrids for poultry and animal feeds as a substitute for corn. They have even been suggested as a possible supplement for corn in human diets by Mangay et al. (1957), since sorghums contain an appreciable content of tryptophan which corn lacks. In other parts of the world, notably India and Mexico, sorghums are used widely for human consumption. Data concerning amino acid and protein content of various sorghums are incomplete. Studies by Sauberlich et …