The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-01-19
EAFIR- CORN AGAINST CORN.
Relative Merits Of Each in Feeding
and Fattening Stock.
Interesting Report OF Results OF EzPerf-
msnts Conducted AZ State Agricultural
.COlIeEs-Soy Beans and Alfalfa as
Fat Producing Fssds.


IN Kansas. Secretary Coburn report I
ing $3.50 acres in 1898 for the state,
yet We are in constant receipt Of let
ters asking how to raise and how to
feed it.
It has been raised on the Kansas /
Agricultural college farm for the past
eleven years. We recommend two va
rieties-the red and the bIack-hulIed
white For the first seven years We
raised the red. The black-hulled
white was then introduced, and from
1896 to 1898 We grew these two varieties
side by side, the red giving an average
yield Of 81 bushels per acre and the
black-huIled white A bushels per acre.
We now raise the black-hulIed white
only. In western Kansas many farm
ers think the red a little harder in
droUth.
Kahr-corn makes a slow early growth
and should not be planted until the
ground becomes warm On cold soils
surface planting is best; on warm soils
listing does we'll Plant in rows 3 to
80 feet apart, dropping single seeds
an inch apart in the row. Cultivate
the same as you would for good crop
of corn. Many farmers SOW Kafr-corn
broadcast, cut with mower, handle and
feed as hay.
When grown for grain, the heads
may be cut and gathered if the fodder
is not wanted. When the fodder is to be
used, the cheapest method Of harvest
ing KaRr-corn is to cut and put it up
IN shocks.
The college farm is upland. In the
eleven years that we have grown Kafir-
corn there has been but one failure to
produce grain. In 1894 Kafir- corn
yielded no grain, but gave two tons of
fodder per acre. Corn the same year
yelled Us no grain and one ton of fOd-
der per acre. The average yield Of
grain per acre on the college farm for
the past eleven years has been, per year,
Kahr-c corn, 46 bushels; corn, 3415; bush
els. Our highest yield per acre in one
year has been: Kafir-cOrn, 90 bushels;
corn, "A bushels. In the western half
of the state the difference in favor OF
Kafir-corn is greater, as there, in dry
years when corn yields one to five
bushels per acre, the yield of Kafir-
cOrn is . bushels or more.
A bushel Of corn is worth more for
feed than a bushel of Kafr-corn, but
on the college farm an acre Of Kafir-
corn is worth more than an acre Of corn.
The average Of the results where We
have fed corn against Kafr-cOrn in fat
tening hogs shows u pounds Of pork
from a busheI of corn and 10 pounds
Of pork from a busheI Of Ksfir-cOrn.
This shows for the college farm (up-
land) an average yield Of grain per
year per acre to produce 400 pounds Of
pork from Kafir-cOrn and 4O4 pounds
Of pork from corn.
The relative values Of corn and Kafir-
corn are practically the same for
beef production as for pork
Ksfir-cOrn grain and alfalfa hay
make the cheapest combination feeds
in Kansas for milk production.
Ksfir-corn meal is especially YalU-
able to feed calves raised on skim
milk. Its cOnstipating effect offsets
the IOOsening tendency Of the milk.
Animals tire of Kafir-cOrn alone
more quickly than they do on corn
alone but combined with other feeds
they relish it for any lenth Of time.
In three experiments IN fattening
hogs a mixture Of Kafir-cOrn four-fiths
and soy beans One-fith gave a gain per
busheI of feed of over Sc per cent more
than Kafir-corn alone. Hogs fed on
Kafr-cOrn and alfalfa hay-gained 81
pounds each while hogs fed on Kafir-
corn alone gained % pounds each.
Hogs fed on Kafir-corn and i've pounds
skim milk each per day gained IS
pounos per hog while those fed on
Kahr-corn alone gained a pounds
each.
Kafr-corn is our best drOuth resist !
ing grain feeding crop and our heavi-
est yielder on poor soils. We recon-
mend it in place Of corn for the up
lands Of eastern Kansas and for all
soils In western Kansas. When this
recommendation is followed and the /
Kafr-corn is fed with the drOuth re-
sisting feeds rich in protein, the beef, |
pork and milk production Of Kansas
in dry years viii be equal to that Of /
our best years now without more acres
being planted
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