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BULLETIN 268, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table VII presents for milo and kafir the average results of growing 

 these crops under various methods at Garden City, Dalhart, and 

 Amarillo. The average yields of both grain and stover at these sta- 

 tions by each of the methods under study and also the profit or loss 

 resulting from raising the crop are shown. 



Table VII. — Average yields and digest of cost of production per acre of milo and kafir by 

 different methods of tillage at three stations in the Great Plains area. 1 





Fall plowed. 



Spring plowed, 



Listed, milo 









Points covered. 



Milo after milo, 

 kafir after kafir. 



After small 

 grain. 



milo after milo, 

 kafir after kafir. 



after milo, 

 kafir after kafir. 



Summer tilled. 







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Yields of milo: 



Garden City 



6 

 6 



7 



6 

 6 



7 



Bus. 



8.8 



22.1 



20.4 



6.6 

 13.9 

 11.3 



Lbs. 

 2,152 

 3,995 

 2,920 



3,262 

 5,352 

 4,422 



10 

 10 

 14 



10 

 10 



14 



Bus. 

 10.5 

 11.6 

 23.1 



6.9 



4.7 

 12.2 



Lbs. 

 2,556 

 3, 188 

 3,286 



4,229 

 4,230 

 5,387 



6 

 6 



7 



6 

 6 



7 



Bus. 



6.2 



21.2 



21.1 



4.7 

 9.7 

 10.2 



Lbs. 



1,873 

 4,065 

 2,626 



2,910 



5,287 

 3,824 



6 

 6 

 10 



6 

 6 

 10 



Bus. 



8.8 



24.8 



20.9 



4.5 

 16.9 

 9.3 



Lbs. 

 2,036 

 3,575 

 2,313 



2,943 

 5,605 

 3,207 





Bus. 



Lbs. 





6 

 3 



36.6 

 17.1 



5,938 





3, 463 



Yields of kafir: 



Garden City 







6 

 3 



31.1 

 2.3 



9,992 

 4,427 









Cost of either crop 



Profit or loss (— ) on 

 milo: 

 Garden City 



§7.44 



.38 

 9.39 

 6.56 



1.72 

 8.82 

 5.92 



$7.44 



2.07 

 3.56 

 8.37 



3.78 

 2.90 

 8.21 



$7.06 



-.83 

 9.55 

 6.63 



.64 

 7.39 

 4.67 



$5.93 



1.59 



11.14 



7.06 



1.76 



12.04 



4.20 



$12.31 



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1.46 



Profit or loss ( — ) on 

 kafir: 

 Garden City 



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— 2.54 







1 Number of years averaged: At Garden City and Dalhart, 6; at Amarillo, 7. 



Both milo and kafir have given higher average yields than corn at 

 each of these stations. They have also been safer crops, having made 

 crops of grain in some years when corn did not. They have also been 

 more responsive to cultural operations, thus proving their better 

 adaptation to conditions. On the sandy lands of this area corn 

 makes a better showing in comparison with these crops than it does 

 on the heavy, tight lands. On these latter soils corn has little place 

 in this section. Where a comparison is made between milo and kafir 

 it is seen that milo has produced more grain than kafir and that kafir 

 has produced more roughage than milo. Kafir, however, has shown 

 a somewhat greater response to methods that increase the yields, such 

 as summer tillage. When equal values are assigned to the grain 

 and to the roughage from each of the crops, the total return is gen- 

 erally about the same from each. At Garden City the grain crop 

 alone has not been sufficient to pay for the cost of production. At 

 Dalhart both crops have produced sufficient grain by all methods to 

 pay a profit. At Amarillo milo has returned a profit from the grain 

 alone by some methods. The crop of kafir grain at this station has 



