The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-06-16
KAfFiR CORN.
A Wonderful Dry Weather PlRnt-A
TcaIs Farmers Experience.


Tcans Farmers Experience.
katfir com is an excellent forage
plant ard should be used by farmers
far luore than il is. There are two
kinds, the White and Red Tor brown).
prefer the White, bat the Red will
perhaps, make Il little larger yield on
rich land. The white variety can be
thrashed. cleaned and ground into meal
and makes good, healthful bread. 1t
must bc borne in mind that kaifir ia
dry weather and dry land plant. 1t will
make Il wonderful growth on wet, ricli
bottom land, bat is apt to mold III tho
head and TIE seed to blast or the grain
not properly ripen and be hard to cure
when harvested, bnt on moderately
rich upland where the climate is some
what dry, either kind will flourish. 1t
is drought bcater, often making
fine cl0p of grain and fodder when corn
wo"ld he IN entire failure. 1t is splcn
did feed for cattle. horses, sheep. hogs,
all kinds Of poultry except ducks ard
geese, which cannot pick it up well nm
less mixed with bran or Gr0IEd and
mixed with milk CT water. 1t can he
fed (" cattle, grain and fodder all to-
gethcr in the head. The heads can he
cut off and fed to hogs and poultry and
fodder given to horses. If you wish to
feed tie grain to horses, it is hest to
thrash it and have X ground coarse Cor
craC kCGp Cr soak in water until swollen.
In Texas it may be planted from
March to July. often making good
crop planted on oats Stubhle. The land
sEunld lie wei! rlowed and finely pnl-
v,riz"i before Planting. If yon have n
two horse corn planter, take your plate
which has the most holes, place it on
some fiat. smooth surface, mClt some
| lead Hnl fill the holes smooth off the
| lead 80 it viii! work smooth in planter;
then take IL small hand>@w !i!c if yon
have nothing better, place it in Il brace,
secure plate or have some one hold it
while yuu drill a hole in center Cf lead.
Don't make il too large at first. Try
with seed until yen see it VIII drop re-
Qu!rcd ;I,..,.,,;;,; =: seed, thea put seed in
| Your planter and drive, running planter
as shallow rs will cover the seed. 1t is
necessary To have the seed clean AMI
| free from pieces uf The head Then if
| yuu live among Tn" :tTmps and plant
| and farm IT," old way yuu can prepare
land rs above and take eli shovel and
| mark off yuur land with StG,.;, EIakinga
fprr~w ahuu: two inches dee? and three
II four feet apart, drill seed Ivy hand,
being careful not II drop too much
| seed; then cover with 4 light drag op
harrow.
When two y three inches high. har-
row it we'll. Thea in Il week cultivate
with SMALL shuvclS next to III" row with
Tenders Oh. Ey the next time yen cul-
tivHtc yOn can use larger ShovclS with
Tenders or without them. as You choose,
bearing il mind the object is to keep
soil loose ana grass killed until the corn
is ahuut waist high; tEcn it will take
care IF itself. Don't ridge it up much
unless yGIr l;und i wet If ynu do not
wish To cultivate and cut and shock the
crop and wish to harvest with Il now
er. plant with planter rs directed above:
then straddlc your rows and double
plant it, and when grain is in dough
state cnt and cure well. Directions
above given apply to sorghum also. /
have raised several crops in this way in
the wCs: and some in Texas and have
generally had IL good crop of it. onr
greatest difficulty here in eastern Texas
being I" get ii cured without molding.
| Lave given instructions which appear
best from my uwn experience, hoping
it may be II help to some one, says
writer in Texas Farm and Ranch.
One Wa: to Put Pigs Out Ia Grass.