Sorghums : sure money crops . the western line. The two eastern tiersof counties have thirty-five to forty inches, whereas thewestern tier of counties has less than twenty inches ofprecipitation annually. The eastern third of the statehas thirty to forty inches, the central third twenty-fiveto thirty inches, and the western third twenty-five inchesin a small part of the east side and decreasing to lessthan twenty inches in the western tier of counties. Another map indicates the gradually increasing alti-tude from less than 1,000 feet on the east line of the 120 SORGHUMS: SURE MONEY CROPS state
Sorghums : sure money crops . the western line. The two eastern tiersof counties have thirty-five to forty inches, whereas thewestern tier of counties has less than twenty inches ofprecipitation annually. The eastern third of the statehas thirty to forty inches, the central third twenty-fiveto thirty inches, and the western third twenty-five inchesin a small part of the east side and decreasing to lessthan twenty inches in the western tier of counties. Another map indicates the gradually increasing alti-tude from less than 1,000 feet on the east line of the 120 SORGHUMS: SURE MONEY CROPS state to more than 3,500 feet on the west line. It is in-teresting to note that the hne describing that section ofthe state having an altitude below 1,000 feet has fortyinches of annual precipitation. The line of 1,500 feetaltitude generally marks the western limit of an areahaving twenty-five inches of precipitation. The line of3,000 leet altitude closely approximates the eastern limitof twenty inches of precipitation. f. J, L—. Map Showing Latest Dates on Which a Killing Frost Has Occurredin the Spring in Kansas. Kansas Frost Dates. Those maps showing the dateof latest recorded killing frost in the spring and theaverage date of last killing frost in the spring, and thoseshowing earliest killing frost in the fall and the averagedate of fall killing frost, also that showing the averagedays in growing season for the several sections of thestate, studied with the maps of precipitation and alti-tude, will reveal many things of value to the crop-growingfarmer. The climatology of Kansas is revealed in thesemaps and at a glance the reader will catch those thingswhich would require many pages to describe. The mapsillustrate the reasons for many statements herein offer indisputable evidence that the same farmingmethods and the same kinds and varieties of crops will SORGHUM AREAS DEFINED 121 not succeed throughout Kansas or other states wheresimilar conditions exist. To me, these
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