CORN, MILO, AND KAFIR IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 
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KAFIR AT DALHART. 
Kafir has been grown at Dalhart, Tex., for six years. During this 
time five different methods of seed-bed preparation and cultivation 
have been under study. Kafir after small grain on fall-plowed land 
was discontinued in 1914, on account of the impracticability of grow- 
ing small grain. The results obtained during this study have on 
the whole been very satisfactory. The yields, and consequently the 
profits, obtained here are higher than at the other stations under 
study. There is also a wider range in the results obtained with the 
different cultural methods used, which would indicate that cultiva- 
tion here is of more importance than at Garden City, Kans., or at 
Amarillo, Tex. The largest average net profit obtained was from 
the crop grown on land summer tilled the preceding year, amounting 
to $20.11 per acre. The method showing the least profit is that of 
fall plowing following small grain. The profit by this method was 
only $2.90, which is considerably below the average of the other 
methods used. 
It is possible that the low profits shown by this method are due 
to the difficulty of securing a stand and to the fact that the small 
grains leave the soil very dry. Listing after kafir has given a net 
yield of $12.04 per acre, which is considerably higher than by any 
other method except summer tillage. Kafir after kafir on fall- 
plowed land has given an increased profit of $1.43 per acre over 
kafir following kafir on spring-plowed land. 
After both listing and summer tillage the value of the grain crop 
alone has been sufficient to pay the cost of production. Under all 
methods the value of the forage has exceeded that of the grain. 
Table XI. — Summary of yields and digest of the cost of production of kafir by 
different tillage methods and crop sequences at Dalhart, Tex., 1909 to 1914, 
inclusive. 
Fall plowed. 
Spring 
plowed 
Yields, values, etc. 
(average per acre). 
After kafir 
(1 plat j. 
After small grain 
(2 plats). 
after kafir 
(1 plat). 
(1 plat). 
(1 plat). 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Grain. 
Stover. 
Yields for the year: 
1909 
Bush. 

30 
9.3 


44 
Lbs. 
4,020 
10, 140 
2,890 
5,500 
1,800 
7,760 
Bush. 

17.9 

5.5 

C 1 ) 
Lbs. 
2,550 
9,075 
1,530 
4, 625 
3,370 
C 1 ) 
Bush. 

18.7 



39.2 
Lbs. 
6,250 
8, 420 
1,550 
6,000 
2,400 
7,100 
Bush. 

55 
19.2 
9.7 

17.3 
Lbs. 
5,500 
12,270 
5,900 
3,950 
750 
5,260 
Bush. 

75.5 
22.5 
29.8 
20.8 
37.8 
Lbs. 
9,310 
1910... 
18,310 
10, 600 
1911 
1912 
9, 500 
1913 
6, 000 
1914 
6,230 
Average 
13.9 
5,352 
4.7 
4,230 
9.7 
5, 287 
16.9 
5,605 
31.1 
9,992 
Crop value, cost, etc.: 
S5.56 
$10. 70 
$1. 88 
$8.46 
$3.88 
$10. 57 
$6.76 
$11.21 
$12. 44 
$19. 98 
Total value 
Cost 
$16. 26 
7.44 
$10. 34 
7.44 
$14. 45 
7.06 
$17. 97 
5.93 
$32. 42 
12.31 
Profit 
8-82 
2.90 
7.39 
12.04 
20.11 
1 Discontinued in 1914. 
