106 FORAGE ChOPS 
White forty-three bushels per acre. The yield of 
grain per acre by years is as follows: 
Red Black-hulled White 
bushels bushels 
1896s « e aOR te ela eae a 41 48 
OT eign ce a See ia gah igh RE Ose ona 41 48 
OOS eres ite sey Ney See GPa netra: Wen A 28 33 
MOtaleieon. gia el ara 110 129 
Averages ....... ‘ 37 43 
In western Kansas, many farmers raise the 
Red, thinking it a little hardier and earlier. In 
central Kansas some feeders raise both the Red 
and the Black-hulled White, and feed alternately, 
the stock seeming to relish the change. 
Records show the Red to be from a week to 
ten days earlier than the Black-hulled White, but 
this difference is of little importance in central 
Kansas. Kafir corn planted the middle of May is 
ripe the middle of September. 
Soils and conditions of growth 
Kafir corn will grow very nearly within the 
same climatic limits as Indian corn, and under 
ordinary conditions will produce a crop when corn 
does. However, it seems to require a slightly 
warmer climate for its best development. When 
its growth is being held back by unfavorable con- 
ditions, frost comes before it is ripe. It responds 
as readily to good soil and favorable conditions as 
