CORN, MILO, AND KAFIR IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 
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nearly every case. This is an important consideration in studying 
milo yields, as the crop is usually grown for the grain. 
Table VII. — Summary of yields and digest of the cost of production of milo by 
different tillage methods and crop sequences at Garden City, Kans., 1909 to 
1914, inclusive. 
Fall plowed. 
Spring plowed, 
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. 
Yields for the year: 
1909 
Bush. 

14 

30.5 

8.5 
Lbs. 
3,950 
2,150 
760 
3,120 
260 
2,670 
Bush. 

21.8 

27.1 

13.9 
Lbs. 
5,345 
3, 275 
360 
3,010 
770 
3.175 
Bush. 

7.6 

25 

4.8 
Lbs. 
3,370 
1,940 
380 
2,750 
620 
2,180 
Bush. 

12.4 

29.1 

11.2 
Lbs. 
3,830 
1910 
2,380 
1911 

1912 
3,775 
1913 
300 
1914 
1,930 
Average 
8.8 
2,152 
10.5 
2,656 
6.2 | 1,873 
8.8 
2,036 
Crop value, cost, etc. : 
Value 
$3.52 
$4.30 
$4.20 
$5.31 
$2.48 
$3. 75 
$3.52 
$4 07 
Total value 
$7.82 
7.44 
$9.51 
7.44 
$6.23 
7.06 
$7.52 
Cost 
5 93 
Profit or loss 
3S 
2 07 
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MILO AT DALHART. 
Milo has given higher average yields at Dalhart, Tex., than at any 
of the other stations, and there is a greater range in the average 
profits per acre from different methods. The grain yields vary from 
a complete failure to 69 bushels per acre. Records for six years are 
available from this station. In all but two years milo has been grown 
at a profit by all methods under trial. Milo following summer tillage 
has been profitable in all years except one. This fact, combined with 
the high average yield of both grain and stover and the net profit of. 
$14.21 per acre that it returns, makes it a method of great importance 
for the Dalhart region. The crop was harvested in bulk and con- 
verted into ensilage in 1913, but the summer-tilled plat produced an 
estimated yield of at least 600 pounds of grain per acre. The yields 
obtained show that summer tillage has insured a grain yield in dry 
years, and, except in one year, has increased the yield over that from 
other methods. 
The listing method returns the next highest profits per acre. The 
plat devoted to this method occupies a low place on the farm and may 
catch run-off water in sufficient quantity to increase the yields. The 
low cost of preparation by this method is a point in its favor. 
The low yields obtained from milo following small grain by fall 
plowing have been due more to imperfect stands than to any other 
