CORN, MILO, AND KAFIR IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



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heads, milo on summer-tilled land made a yield of grain, which was 

 destroyed by birds, estimated at 10 to 15 bushels to the acre. 



Table IX. — Summary of yields and digest of the cost of production of milo by 

 different tillage methods and crop sequences at Amarillo, Tex., 1907 to 1914, 

 inclusive. 





Fall plowed. 



Spring plowed 



Listed after 

 milo (2 plats). 1 







Yields, values, etc. 

 (average per acre). 



After milo 

 (1 plat). 



After small 

 grain (2 plats). 



after milo 

 (1 plat). 



(1 plat). 





Grain. 



Stover. 



Grain. 



Stover. 



Grain. 



Stover. 



Grain. 



Stover. 



Grain. 



Stover. 



Yields for trie year: 

 1907 



Bush. 



21.6 



32.8 



.9 



Lbs. 



4,170 

 3,280 

 1,740 



Bush. 

 27.9 

 46.5 

 10.1 



Lbs. 



4,175 

 4,590 

 2,962 



Bush. 



18.1 



40.3 



2.6 



Lbs. 

 2,560 

 3,500 

 2,045 



Bush. 

 31.7 

 37.9 

 10.9 



Lbs. 



3,810 

 3,250 

 2,318 



Bush. 



Lbs. 



190S... 







1909 







1910 2 







1911 



31.4 

 27.4 

 

 29.0 



4,350 



2,760 



130 



4,010 



26.5 

 26.7 

 

 24.5 



3,698 



3,050 



715 



3,810 



35.4 



33.5 







17.6 



3,500 



3,290 



440 



3,050 



17.4 

 25.4 

 

 23.3 



2,010 



2,515 



410 



1,880 







1912 



24.1 

 

 27. 



3,570 



1913 



2,000 



1914 



4,820 







Average 



20.4 



2,920 



23.2 ) 3,286 



21.1 



2,626 



20.9 



2,313 



17.1 



3,463 



Crop value, cost, etc.: 



8.16 



5.84 



9.28 I 6.57 



8.44 



5.25 



8.36 



4.63 



6.84 



6.93 













Total value . . . 

 Cost 



$14. 00 



7.44 



$15.85 

 7.44 



S13. 69 

 7.06 



$12. 99 

 5.93 



$13. 77 

 12.31 







Profit 



6-Sfi 



8.41 



6.63 



7.06 



1.46 

























1 Only one listed plat used until 1912. 



^Station site changed in 1910; yields not used. 



A comparison of the yields secured at Amarillo and Dalhart is of 

 interest, because the two stations are only 90 miles apart, but they 

 are located on altogether different types of soil. The Dalhart sta- 

 tion has an average annual rainfall of 15.92 inches and is located on 

 a sandy-loam soil, while the Amarillo station has a yearly precipi- 

 tation of 20.95 inches and is located on a heavy, silty clay loam. 

 Judging from the average rainfall, the yields at Amarillo should be 

 greater than at Dalhart. The records show, however, that better 

 average yields have been produced at Dalhart. This probably is due 

 to the ability of the sandy soil at Dalhart to absorb a larger per- 

 centage of the annual rainfall. 



KAFIR AT GARDEN CITY. 



Kafir has been grown for six consecutive years at Garden City, 

 Kans. The first crop was produced in 1909. With the exception of 

 the year 1914, four different methods of seed-bed preparation and 

 cultivation have been under study. In 1914 the growth of kafir after 

 small grain was discontinued because of the repeated failures of the 

 small-grain crop. During the six years that kafir has been grown 

 at this station it has not produced a grain yield of any value except 

 in 1912, when all methods gave good yields. The best yield was 



