Sorghums : sure money crops . ch corn is planted is not worth $50 per acre;other land, however, is worth $150 per acre. But I be-lieve these figures come as near representing the averagecost of corn growing as the figures in the table representthe average acre value. With this cost figured against the average acre valuefor the 1901-1913 period there is an apparent profit of$ per acre when the corn is sold at market this profit must be added the value of the stalks forpasture or fodder or as silage. True, the farmer whowould make the most money from his corn crop marketsit through
Sorghums : sure money crops . ch corn is planted is not worth $50 per acre;other land, however, is worth $150 per acre. But I be-lieve these figures come as near representing the averagecost of corn growing as the figures in the table representthe average acre value. With this cost figured against the average acre valuefor the 1901-1913 period there is an apparent profit of$ per acre when the corn is sold at market this profit must be added the value of the stalks forpasture or fodder or as silage. True, the farmer whowould make the most money from his corn crop marketsit through live stock, which, if intelligently done, will 100 sorghums: sure money crops give him a wider and maximum margin of profit. How-ever, thousands of farmers grow corn for cash marketonly and realize thereon a very narrow margin of profit,and which fact again points to the advisability of grow-ing the most certain feed crops and marketing these inthe form of live stock products. I j*-^|!;!;«^°*|p,„,„,,|»«i ^fi—. *********** rnntfTTAvntfT^ J ? Zm»9—••••**^**(^ -1 . .MVM cafcWTOM> \»#T[0 K I, K — —M^.ii*-*) I Kansas Map ShoAving Distribution of 1912 Kafir Acreage.—EacliSolid Dot is 1,000 Acres and Each Open Dot 500 Acres or Less.—Total Acreage ,114, With a Value of $19.()35,557.—Figures from Kansas State Board of Agriculture. It is not to be inferred that the labor cost of growingkafir and milo will be less than that of growing , there is in grain sorghum growing some varia-tion from the figures given. Kafir and milo for maxi-mum production and most certain yield require as goodfarming methods as does corn and the sorghum growershould regard that he has not discharged his duty as afarmer until he applies to grain sorghum growing thesame intelligent effort and as much work as he wouldto corn. Kafir. The total acreage, total value and acre valueof kafir for each year of the period 1901-1913, inclusive,is here given: grain
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