Kafir Corn, ka'fer korn, a plant of the sorghum family. It is a native of south Africa. It is much cultivated by the tribe of Kafirs. It is also called Jerusalem corn. It is a sorghum, not an Indian corn. The seeds are borne in a panicle like that of sorghum where the tassel of ordinary corn grows. It was introduced into western Kansas, Oklahoma, and other dry regions about twenty years ago. Its seed value is less than that of corn but the yield is greater. It withstands drouth and dry weather, producing a very fair crop where Indian corn is quite uncertain. Its cultivation is much like that of sorghum. It may be planted in rows or hills, or sowed broadcast. Statistics running through a number of years show that the yield varies from nineteen to seventy bushels per acre, with from one to four tons of fodder. The present area devoted to Kafir corn exceeds 1,500,000 acres. Kansas is the leading state. Kafir corn is fed chiefly as forage. Under semi-arid conditions Kafir corn yields fully twice as much grain and fodder as corn does. See SORGHUM.