Sorghums : sure money crops . Will Pay. What is here sug-gested regarding profitable and permanent sorghum beltfarming is comparative only. It cannot be expected thatsorghum belt lands will become so valuable or can befarmed at as great an acre profit as lands of more favor-able climate under 40 to 45 inches of rainfall. It is notmy belief that the sorghum belt can become a section ofgenerally profitable farming in the same way or to thesame extent that general farming exists in the heart ofthe corn belt. That every sorghum belt half section willbe worth $100 or more per acre under general far
Sorghums : sure money crops . Will Pay. What is here sug-gested regarding profitable and permanent sorghum beltfarming is comparative only. It cannot be expected thatsorghum belt lands will become so valuable or can befarmed at as great an acre profit as lands of more favor-able climate under 40 to 45 inches of rainfall. It is notmy belief that the sorghum belt can become a section ofgenerally profitable farming in the same way or to thesame extent that general farming exists in the heart ofthe corn belt. That every sorghum belt half section willbe worth $100 or more per acre under general farmingmethods is not likely—unless it be irrigated. The up-lands of the sorghum belt will never be worth fabulousprices. That they can be made to pay as high rate ofinterest on the investment as corn belt farms pay, iscertain. That they will actually pay sufficient to war-rant a higher price than they have heretofore com-manded, is certain. The sorghum belt farm, under goodfarm management, will make its owner reasonably pros-. T3 o 03 coH o a; H a;.J-, CO So W P^ 2 =* O O72 DEVELOPMENT OF SORGHUM BELT 25 perous—it should build for him a good home with suchconveniences and comforts as farmers anywhere have—it should provide him with plenty for his declining yearsand in the meantime should educate and rear his childrento become useful, honorable and prosperous citizens. Let Sentiment Give Way to Business. That the grainsorghums are most certain producers of grain and forageis evidenced on every hand. Every sorghum belt farmerhas seen good crops of these grains mature when all othercrops have failed. In 1913 grain sorghum crops maturedin every county in Kansas and Oklahoma in which theywere planted—not on every farm, to be sure, but for thefailure there was a reason not to be attributed to the varieties of grain sorghums are numerous. Thereis no ground for contention as to which is the best. Eachhas its particular adaptability, and there is one or morefor every sect
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