As forage plants, the sweet sorghums rank 

 equally with the non-saccharine, such as the 

 Kaffir corn, Jerusalem corn and milo maize, par- 

 ticularly in western Kansas, where higher altitude 

 and a dryer atmosphere are especially favorable 

 for their curing and preservation. 



Years. 



1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 



Comparative Acreages. 



46,911 acres. 

 95,237 acres. 



184, 198 acres. 



Increase, 103 per cent. 

 Increase, 93,42 per cent. 



645,186 acres. Increase, 4.25 per cent. 



618,816 acres. Decrease, 4.26 per cent. 



This diagram shows the comparative acreages of Kaffir 

 born in Kansas annualh* for nine years, beginning with 

 1893, (when the crop was first returned bj' assessors) and 

 ending with 1901. 



Far and away the foremost of these non- 

 jaccharine sorghums is Kaffir corn, and some- 

 thing of a comparison of its popularity with 

 )ther sorghums is indicated by figures begin- 

 ling with those of 1893, when it was first con- 

 feidered of sufficient importance to be given 

 [cognizance by the State Board of Agriculture 

 ind its statistics gathered by township asses- 

 sors. In that year the area planted was 46,911 

 icres, and of saccharine sorghums 132,205 

 icres, or 85,294 acres more than Kaffir corn. 



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