304 



COBN CROPS 



Mountains; the belt includes also southern California 

 and Utah. The accompanying chart ^ (Fig. 104), prepared 



= /ffi£-^ iVWffr M/IO /S /VOIV ^ SMPie CROP. 



= /iR£/l TO iVff/CM M/IO iS /VOhV ^MPrSO 



= /IKCA M WHICH THE /lOfPT/IBIlJTT OFMILO 15 B£M3 T£ST£0. 



Fig. 104. — This map made to show the distribution of milo ; also showa, 

 approximately, the area where the culture of all sorghums are of most 

 importance. 



to show the area of Milo culture, outlines the probable 

 area of grain-sorghum culture. 



235. Statistics of culture. — It is not possible to supply 

 exact figures on the production of grain sorghuins. The 

 census of 1909 gives the total acreage of kafir grown for 

 grain as 266,513. The principal States reported, and their 

 acreage, were as follows : — 



State Acreage 



Kansas 154,706 



Oklahoma 63,455 



Texas 22,813 



California 20,218 



Total 261,192 



lU. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 322, p. 11. 



