Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-05


pork per bushel Sold In the form of
pork these crops are worth from SO
TO SO cents per bushel. One farmer In
the vicinity of Canyon In 1910 found
that he could realize 81 per bushel
by feding kaffir and maize to hogs.
He bought both hogs and feed from
many of his neighbors and realized "A
profit of over fifty cents per bushel
on the feed bought.
Sorghum.
The various varieties of sorghum
MS amber, orange and sumac or red
top, are our best fodder crops. They
are not only heavy yielders. but will
stand a great deal of dry weather,
besides making extra good feed. They
often produce from three to five tons
Of cured fodder or hay per acre.
On account OF this section being
exceptionally we'll adapted to sor-
ghum, these crops are very often rails
ed for seed purposes. The crop of
seed is often heavy enough to yield
net returns equal TO the first cost OF
the land.
]. Walter Day, OF Hale Center, Tex.
produced 4,205 bushels OF excellent
sorghum seed last year on zoo acres.
or . bushels per acre. Figuring
this seed at the present average price
OF little over 81 per bushel. the
money returns would show about S25
per acre
Cotton.
Cotton is one OF our best money
crops for the South Plains. In fact.
all the counties as far north as DON
: ley, can raise cotton very successfully.
The best varieties raised are those
that are early maturing and stcym
] proof One OF the best varieties for
2 the entire section is the Mebane Tri-
y umph. This variety Is early In ma
r turing, good in size Of boil. storm
r proof. good staple and is easily pick,
II ed.
While the average yield OF cotton ID
not high on the Plains. yet last yea,
a our yield averaged with the state, or
y about one-fourth bale per acre Many
p of our farmers produced very much
o more than this. some almost a bale
per acre. The average Weld on all
Santa Fe demonstration cotton last
year, t676 acresl was one-half bale
pet acre One OF the demonstrators.
Z. f NcCravey, Of Floydada. produc-
cd N', bales on 10 acres last year.
Ills net profit. after deducting all eI-
penses was $3.50 per acre.
Peanuts
Peanuts arc a very reliable crop 10
his section. especially the Spanish.
Mammoth Nirginias and the Tehnes-
zee rads The last two varieties nam
"a are especially valuable for tho mar
Ret and the Spanish variety cannot be
cyc"llcd for hog feed These crops
90 u,t require any more attention
md care than other row crops. How
ever they Weld ir proportion 20 tho
.illae. rircn them
u o. polcastcr Of Canyon raised
seven bushels OF Tennessee Reds last
wear iu eight rows 292 feet long. This
is at the rate Of a. bushels rcr acre.
ie sold The crop az cents ror pound
Tor a. the rate Of So uU per acre.
rtren II = cents per Mound this crop
Nogll have brought az the rate OF
.'fr' per acre
Several OF our farmers last year
reduced from $50 20 200 pounds o.
a-E from ono acre OF Spanish pea
.uHt. Tho crop is cultivated and
.rnf'"l Ike other roN corps and az
90. .sr.ng time The hols are allowed
Gather tho nuts Ssch part OF tho
roo as is not pastured IS pallcd ard
cured like hay FOR winter hog feed.
&c. G. SHAW. ot Clarendon, gives
his experience with Spanish peanuts
Tor hogs as follows
! planted ! acres BOO 1910 vas
,o ven pleased With the results that
planted 30 agcs last wear pastur.
.1 about 20 acres last year and al
'HnH-h D dil NOT have laf q stand.
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