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).i 
Yields, values, etc. 
(average per acre). 
After milo 
(lplat). 
After small 
grain (2 plats). 
after milo 
(1 plat). 
(1 plat). 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Yields for the 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. 
1908 
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.: 
Value 
8.16 
5.84 
9.28 
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 
$13. 69 
7.06 
$12. 99 
5.93 
$13. 77 
12.31 
Profit 
6 5fi 
8-41 
6 ra 
7. nfi 
1.46 
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 1911, 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 
