The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-06-13

II tfom nftcen TO twenty years OK
F experience in the production of kafr
corn, and we raise the Blackhulled
kafr corn almost exclusively, al
though some prefer and plant the
red. we have established three indis-
+ putable facts. tho common experience
Of All our farmers, and / win give
them to you briefly
First-We have demonstrated CON
clusiYely that kafr corn is a never
failing upland crop. In all orr 90
years experience with the con 81 the
Black man, we have never had 4 sin
gle failure. Some years Of course the
crop is larger than others; some
farmers raise more than others on the
same kind Of soil under parallel con-
ditions, as is the case with any other
CROP but everybody who plants black
hulled kafr corn and cultivates and
cares for the same with any degree
OF intelligence whatever. raises a cron.
Soil Exhaustlon Myth.
Second -Kafr corn is positively no
more exhuastipg to the fertility Of the
soil that any other crop, If as much
so. i personally know 81 upland farms
that failed for 20 years to produce In
dian corn, that have grown kafr con
tinu0usly and successfully and in each
instance for the last Is years, with
apparently no decrease in the yield.
To be sure ] would not advise any
farmer to put the same field III kaar
or any other crop, without change, for
10 years or even a much less mum.
beE Of years, because a depletion Of
the soil is inevitable, but 1t has been
done IN our county With incredible re.
suits. i Is true that kanr has a great
affinity for moisture and this has made
It seem hard on the land. But this
is the armor it wears against the sun
and In which it fights the heat and
the wind. If there is the slightest
trace Of moisture In the soil the kalr
viii get it and that is why it is able
70 Withstand long periods Of drouth.
It naturally leaves the soil very dry,
but 1t does not draw more heavily
upon its storehouse Of fertility than
Indian corn. If so much 80. The old
idea that you hear so frequently re-
peated and that in some mysterious
way has gained widespread credence,
that kafr corn is hard on land. is an
exploded delusion in Butler county.
Stock Fatten On KaHr.
Third-We have proved to our en-
tire satisfaction to the point Of almost
universal acquiescense and approval,
that kahr corn is almost the equal
Of Indian corn for the purposes Of
feeding or fattening live stock, and
that It can be successfully and salts
factorily used for any purpose for
which Indian corn is used, even to the
making Of "napiacks," that horses can
be fec for field work or for the track
and cattle and hogs fattened and pre-
pared for the market the same as with
Indian corn. The only difference is
that the kair must be ground and
about 10 per cent more in quantity
fed at feeding. Many bunches Of
cattle have been full fed this winter
in Butler county on kafir corn and
cotton seed meal mixed, or corn and
kafr corn, in eqaal parts, mixed with
an addition Of cotton seed, that sold
on the market with no discrimination
whatever In quality or price.
These indisDuiable facts give kafir
corn a place from which it cannot be
dislodged and which should bring It
to a favorable consideration Of farm.
ers wherever it can be successfully
raised.
You have a great, rich, beautiful
state, destined to be one Of the great. /
est if not the greatest, agricultural
states in the Union. Agriculture is
now and always win be the great
source Of your prosperity. Aside from
any consideration Of self-interest. Tie
most patriotic work in which the
bankers Of Oklahoma can engage. is
to lend helping hand to the farmers /
Of this young and promising common (
wealth