Sorghums : sure money crops . e yield ofkafir of bushels in excess of corn for the 1889-1899period. Inquiry as to the probable cause for the bettershowing for corn, as compared with kafir in the latterperiod, brought this explanation from A. H. Leidigh,assistant professor in crops: In the period 1889 to1899, we had weather very unfavorable for the produc-tion of corn, when you consider these years on the aver-age. Our experiments at that time were being conductedon land not very suitable to corn production. In theperiod 1903 to 1912, we had seasons extremely favorableto corn with the exce
Sorghums : sure money crops . e yield ofkafir of bushels in excess of corn for the 1889-1899period. Inquiry as to the probable cause for the bettershowing for corn, as compared with kafir in the latterperiod, brought this explanation from A. H. Leidigh,assistant professor in crops: In the period 1889 to1899, we had weather very unfavorable for the produc-tion of corn, when you consider these years on the aver-age. Our experiments at that time were being conductedon land not very suitable to corn production. In theperiod 1903 to 1912, we had seasons extremely favorableto corn with the exception of the last three years. The 90 SORGHUMS: SURE MONEY CROPS soil used was much more adapted to the crop than thatwhich had been used in the former ten-year period. Inthe period from 1903 to 1909 there was practically noloss from chinch bugs, and very little loss in 1910, 1911and 1912, whereas in the former ten-year period the losseshad been heavy. The chinch bug losses in that periodaffected the corn more than the The Sorghum Belt Grows Mules, Too.—They Grow and Fatten onthe Buffalo Grass and the Sorghums and Never Fail to MakeMoney for the Man Who Grows Them.—These Are the Productof Western Kansas. I would have the reader note from Mr. Leidighs state-ment that the results for the first period of ten years,during which time the kafir average exceeded the cornaverage bushels, were obtained, first, during yearsunfavorable to corn; second, on land not adapted to corn;and third, that kafir withstood the ravages of the chinchbug more successfully than did corn. Each of these threepoints is worthy of consideration by every farmer whodoes not have corn land under a corn sky. In thesepoints lies the reason why more kafir should be grownon every Kansas farm. It is certain that the averageof much of the land planted to corn in Kansas is not asgood corn land as that on which the corn on the Manhat-tan Station farm was grown, also that it is impossibleto know which ar
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