110 FORAGE CROPS 
Distance apart and seed required 
For hay or fodder, it should be planted close, 
and the greatest yield may be secured by broad- 
casting or putting in with a wheat drill, set to sow 
one and one-half bushels of seed per acre. For 
producing grain it should be planted in rows with 
a view to cultivating. For the western and drier 
country, rows should be three to three and one-half 
feet apart, and the seed from four to eight inches 
apart in the rows, while for the eastern areas of 
greater rainfall, better results are obtained by put- 
ting the rows two and one-half to three feet apart, 
and the seed from two to four inches apart in the 
row. For western planting six to seven pounds per 
acre will be all the seed required, while for eastern 
planting ten to twelve pounds per acre will give 
the best results for grain. 
Any drill or drill planters may be used it 
adapted to such small seeds, and to drop them 
the proper distance apart. Perhaps the most prac- 
tical is the ordinary grain drill, tacking a piece of 
pasteboard over all the holes except those which 
will plant the rows at the proper distance. 
Time to plant 
Kafir corn, having a rather low vitality, and 
growing slowly after starting, should not be 
