Kaffir Corn
a variety of millet cultivated in some parts of Africa, and recently introduced into the United States.
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These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kaffir Corn, Kaffir Ox, Kafir Corn.
Kaffir Ox
the Cape buffalo. See BUFFALO.
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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
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Kafiristan
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) KAFFIRISTAN, or CAFFRISTAN, a country of Central Asia, on the S. declivity of the Hindu Kush Mountains, forming part of the N. about 215,400 ,000 to 800,000. basin of Kabul; area, about 215,400 hanistan since square miles; pop. est. 200,000 to 300,000. are generally It forms a part of Afghanistan since Itants differ 1895, though the tribes are generally ribes in their independent. The inhabitants differ complexion. from the neighboring tribes in their to render origin, language, creed, and complexion. The soil is sufficiently fertile to render essary. workers outside intercourse almost unnecessary. The inhabitants are very skillful workers in wood and metals. 'ma), a town of the same
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Kafirs
a race of black people inhabiting the southeastern part of Africa. They belong to the great Bantu family. They are a black people, but are different from the true negroes. The Kafirs, as well as the Zulus, to whom they are closely related, are a tall, well-formed people, with brown complexions, frizzled hair, and heads of decidedly European shape. They are ordinarily peaceable, yet, when stirred up to warfare, make excellent soldiers. The native weapon is a spear or club. When first known Kafirs carried shields. They rely chiefly on cattle raising and hunting. The women, like those of the North American Indian, raise vegetables and field crops. Kafir corn , raised in the arid regions of the west for forage, is cultivated extensively by them. The name is spelled variously, as Kaffirs, Kaffres, or Caffres. 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
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Kagoshima
a town siu Island, of Japan, on a large bay of the same and porcename, at the S. end of Kiu-siu Island, pop., about with manufactures of pottery and porceled by the Britlain, arms, and cotton; pop., about In 1914 a volcano on 75,000. It was bombarded by the Briterupted and 100,000 ish fleet in 1863. In 1914 a volcano on an island nearby erupted and 100,000 persons became homeless. mber of Congress Kuppenheim,
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Kahn
OTTO HERMANN, an American banker; born at Mannheim, Ger- He was many, in 1867. His father was a studied banke naturalized American citizen. He was educated in Germany, and studied bankcer serving in Lecame a ing in this country. After serving in a of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., London banking houses, he became a direct member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., ancial instituin New York, in 1897. He was a directdid important or of many important financial instituto the Governtions. During the war he did important dv work as financial advisor to the Governmedals by France, Spain, and ment, and he was awarded medals by the governments of France, Spain, and Italy. of the Chinese near the S. bank of
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Kahn (JULIUS member of Congress)
JULIUS, member of Congress from California; born in Kuppenheim, the age of five he tates with his Baden, in 1861. At the age of five he in the publice came to the United States with his He was for parents and was educated in the public schools of San Francisco. He was for ng with many turned to Son a time on the stage, playing with many well-known actors. He returned to San Francisco in 1890 and began the study of law. He was elected to the State 1899 he was 7 Legislature in 1892. In 1899 he was and was successively elected to Congress and was successively scussions in Conre-elected. In the discussions in Conthe entrance of the war, he took gress preparatory to the entrance of the United States into the war, he took member of the Committee in the an active lead as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee in the through his efforts enabled to pass House, and largely through his efforts President Wilson was enabled to pass gislation through Conthe necessary legislation through Conorts were employed of the Selective gress. His special efforts were employed session of the securing passing of the Draft Act in the extra session of the 65th Congress.
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Kai
The seneschal of King Arthur, known in the French romances as Messire Queux, or Maitre Queux or Kuex. He is prominent in the Morte d'Arthur. In the tale of Kilhwuh and Olwen in the Mabinogion, he is identified with a personage whose "breath lasted nine nights and days under water and who "could exist nine nights and nine days without sleep." A wound from his sword could not be cured; he could make himself as tall as the highest tree, and so great was the heat of his nature that, during rain, whatever he carried remained dry. Originally a deity, a rain-and-thunder god, he had apparently degenerated, through a series of mythological processes, into a mere hero.
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