. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . onmetit^e^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ °* ^^grasshoppers, hot winds, pestilential politics, and re reuchmen and re o™ —nU %P^*:°y ^ ^^^^^S ali«es under stress of drouths,niscalculates. He furnishes all the weather proeno fcaHo^ ,b. / ? generally. He has the rare gift of prophecy; he never misses and neve •.ext to Blaine, he is the representati^eTmlLn H s
. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . onmetit^e^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ °* ^^grasshoppers, hot winds, pestilential politics, and re reuchmen and re o™ —nU %P^*:°y ^ ^^^^^S ali«es under stress of drouths,niscalculates. He furnishes all the weather proeno fcaHo^ ,b. / ? generally. He has the rare gift of prophecy; he never misses and neve •.ext to Blaine, he is the representati^eTmlLn H s me ittS:^^^^^^ a,!;tL^Stl sT T ^f = ^ ^ Patent-medicine almanac:!ibie. The State made him. A State that has the r^JT T T ^ °^- ^^ n° o*e- S^te would he be pos- .•aveler. The skies of Kansas ar^rtel fnhi Irsl^e^f l^ee stXrar^ ^7 T --ests are represented in his corpulent frame; its cyclones in ht spine that s,!en .!b ? ?u h,s rotund and taking speech. Its har- rchard. He is the survival of the fittest. The trns s haertd to ow h m a f 7 r ^^ ^^ ^ « ^ ^-t ^ »- n impossible thing to do. He is a hardy and ever-bLulg petrnit? ^ ° ^^ ^™- ^l-y have found it Open up your grips and show the gentlemen your samples ! (83). KAFIR CORN. ET CAPT. W. H. HOKNADAT. Kafir cokn is comparatively new. The first seed was sent out fiom Washington for experimentingwith a view of finding a forage plant which would prove more reliable in some of the semi-arid sections ofNebraska and Kansas. It was brought from the dry. hot regions of South Africa, where it has for a longtime been tlie only plant which would mature seed in that arid climate. The first made atManhattan showed that Kafir corn was the best of all the non-saccharine sorghums, and that it was avery promising plant for all parts of Kansas, especially the western section, where a short drouth just atthe critical time frequently prevented Indian corn from maturing properly. In planting Kafir corn, the farmer should
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