. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . th varieties in 1890 was due to a destructive frost on September 13ih. In 1894 the failure of grainin both varieties was due to there being no appreciable rain from the middle of July to September 1st, and the fact that the crops side by side on alternate plats were in a poor upland-prairie soil underlaid wiih hard pan. Yet, under these advers
. Products of an advanced civilization. A Kansas souvenir. A book of information relative to the moral, educational, agricultural, commercial, manufacturing and mining interests of the state. Issued by the Kansas immigration and information association . th varieties in 1890 was due to a destructive frost on September 13ih. In 1894 the failure of grainin both varieties was due to there being no appreciable rain from the middle of July to September 1st, and the fact that the crops side by side on alternate plats were in a poor upland-prairie soil underlaid wiih hard pan. Yet, under these adverse circumstances,the Kafir-corn yielded double the quantity of fudder that was obtained from the corn. Compared by analysis, the following table, prepared by G. H. Failyer, Professor of Chemistry at the State Ex-periment Station, will throw additional light upon the subject: OUAIN OB FOPDER. Shelled corn Sorghum seed Kafir-corn seed Corn fodder, without ears Sorghum fodder, whole plant . ..Kafir-corn fodder, without heads Substances that produceonly Heat and Fat. andsupport Muscular Effort. Substances that can form Nitrogenous Products. such as Muscle and the Curd of Milk. per cent. per cent. As will be seen, from the purely chemical standpoint, corn stands first among the grains in fatrproducing quali-ties, Kafir-corn second, and sorghum last; but the differences are too small to be of practical importance. The dif-ference in the yield and its other qualities readily give it the first rank when taken into consideration. In conclusion, 1 desire to say that in my opinion Kafir-corn, the sorghums and alfalfa effectually solve theproblems that have so long perplexed the people of that portion of the West where the rainfall is not always sufficient ambkr sorghhm. at the necessary time to insure a crop of Indian corn. By raising forage crops and feeding stock, supplemented by creameries, there is no portion of the State of Kans
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