Sorghums : sure money crops . ntage, andit made from nothing to five bushels per acre. Thisproves to me that milo is a far better crop than corn forWestern Kansas. I think it very necessary to plant acclimated conclusion is drawn from my own experience. Theseed I planted was home-grown. I find that fields in thesame vicinity planted with seed from the East or Southhave not done so well—in fact little of it matured lastyear. I am satisfied, too, that milo is a better dry weathercrop than kafir. We had a field of kafir planted underthe same conditions as the milo, and while there was n
Sorghums : sure money crops . ntage, andit made from nothing to five bushels per acre. Thisproves to me that milo is a far better crop than corn forWestern Kansas. I think it very necessary to plant acclimated conclusion is drawn from my own experience. Theseed I planted was home-grown. I find that fields in thesame vicinity planted with seed from the East or Southhave not done so well—in fact little of it matured lastyear. I am satisfied, too, that milo is a better dry weathercrop than kafir. We had a field of kafir planted underthe same conditions as the milo, and while there was notto exceed five per cent of the kafir that headed at all, atleast ninety per cent of the milo matured well and pro- 126 SORGHUMS: SURE MONEY CROPS duced most excellent seed. *I planted both standard and dwarf milo, but couldsee little, if any, difference. I would urge that WesternKansas farmers plant more milo and less corn and smallgrain. I have had no experience with feterita, but fromobservations made I prefer the Map Sliowiiig Average Date of First Killing Frost in the Fall in Kansas. Cane Distribution for Kansas. The distribution ofcane acreage throughout Kansas is shown by the mapon page 108. A glance reveals that the counties in thewestern third of Kansas, in proportion to the land plantedto feed crops, grow more cane than the counties farthereast. In these counties cane produces more forage thaneither kafir or milo and the forage is a better feed thanthat of milo. Still, much kafir is grown for forage inthe same counties, but it is planted with the hope thatit will make grain as well as forage—a thing it will doin favorable seasons. It is maintained that cane will dobetter on thin lands than will kafir or milo, and this isanother reason for its more general use in the West thanin the East, although it is well known that on the morefertile soils and in areas of greater precipitation the acre SORGHUM AREAS DEFINED 127 tonnage is proportionately increased. Cane
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