Sorghums : sure money crops . something in the most un-favorable seasons. We have seen milo yields varyingfrom nothing to fifty-five bushels in the same season onadjoining farms. The varying yields have not beenwholly the fault of milo as a crop. There were otherreasons controlled only by the grower. We have knownof 100-bushel acre yields in Kansas. During the summer of 1913 Kansas Farmer addressedletters to a number of growers in each of the countiesof the western third of Kansas, asking them to reporttheir growing methods and success with milo. The re-plies on several points will be printed
Sorghums : sure money crops . something in the most un-favorable seasons. We have seen milo yields varyingfrom nothing to fifty-five bushels in the same season onadjoining farms. The varying yields have not beenwholly the fault of milo as a crop. There were otherreasons controlled only by the grower. We have knownof 100-bushel acre yields in Kansas. During the summer of 1913 Kansas Farmer addressedletters to a number of growers in each of the countiesof the western third of Kansas, asking them to reporttheir growing methods and success with milo. The re-plies on several points will be printed in this and follow- 164 SORGHUMS: SURE MONEY CROPS ing chapters. A summary of these reports on yields fora period averaging six years, shows acre yields rangingfrom nothing to 66 bushels. Many correspondents re-porting stated that they never threshed milo but fed itin the head and could not make a bushel yield replies showed greatly varying preparation of theseed bed, planting methods and source of seed, account-. Field of Well-Bred Kafir GroAvn Near Weatlieifoid, Oklahoma. ]913. ing for the varying yields on farms in the same are some acre yields: Have never measured; about 15 bushels I would guess.—H. C. La Tourette, Decatur County. About 40 bushels in 1912.—C. A. Calkins, HamiltonCounty. From 10 to 15 bushels.—A. L. Hicks, Norton County. Ten to 15 bushels.—C. R. Henry, Cheyenne County. About six bushels.—George Shields, Sheridan County. From 15 to 23 bushels.—Agricultural ExperimentSub-station, Ford County. GRAIN SORGHUM FARMING 165 Fifteen bushels per acre.—Lee McKissick, ClarkCounty. From 50 to 66 bushels to the acre.—J. W. Patterson,Stevens County. From very small yields up to 36 bushels.—C. W. As-kew, Ness County. We estimate 20 bushels, but as we feed so much beforethreshing this is only an estimate.—Monroe Traver,Stevens County. Twenty to 40 bushels.—J. A. Clark, Ness County. Seventeen bushels.—C. M. Jennison, Lane Cou
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