Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-30

have from 10 to 80 per cent Of the
efficiency Of corn.
The fodder of milo and kafir is not
relished by cattle as is the fodder Of
corn or sorghum, hence, it is not con-
sidered quite as valuable for an en-.
silage crop.
Shallu, or Egyptian wheat, is a
summer crop grown somewhat in the
Salt River Valley last year, and
seems to be a very promising crop.
With one farmer il made the enor-
nous amount of $4,000 pounds of
seed in the head per acre. The fod-
der is relished by all kinds of stock.
II seems probable that it will make
good enslage crop. The seed is
equally as valuable as milo or kafir.
Al though it is not always advisa-
BILE to adopt every new crop, this
certainly is one that every farmer
should try out in a small way.
We give below the experience OF
various farmers in growing the diff.
ferent summer crops:
MILO
One of the best farmers we know
prepares his ground with as much
moisture in il as possible, lists as
deep as he can easily, likes to get
the seed below the surface of the
ground nine inches. When plants are
up three to four inches high, he be-
gins to harrow. 1t buries up some
plants, but it does no harm. lie har-
rows the crop twice, and by that
time the burrows are filed about
level. Then he begins to cultivate,
irrigating by flooding as it is needed.
He rather prefers milo to kafir corn,
as it stands heat somewhat better,
and prefers the dwarf milo to the
giant or standard.
Many farmers make the mistake of
using too much seed. When planted
IN drills, two to four pounds per acre
is sufficient and more makes the
plants too thick, and the heads are
too small to harvest economically.
At the local experiment station q
three cornered tract of land that does
not readily become converted into
good alfalfa land has been given over
the last few years to the growth of
milo exclusively. This is sown broad
east early. One year it furnished
grazing for 200 head of sheep for go
days, made 5000 pounds of seed, and
the stubble was again grazed by the
sheep for two weeks. Professor VIII
son states that there is very little
danger of poisoning from the forma-
ton of hydrosyianic gas, as is com
mon in some of the eastern States
in grazing second growth sorghum.
milo, etc.
Another farmer who made a yield
Of fifty bushels Of milo per acde tells
us how he did it. He wet the ground,
then listed and planted. cultivatine
after the plants were well up. Some
was planted July ! and some Aug
ust l. The first planted came to
head at n time when it was very hot.
just as the seed was forming, and be
noticed that the side of the heads on
the south side had blighted, while the
side toward the north made good
seed. The late planted makes better
heads. He followed the milo with
wheat and made very good crop.
indicating that it has not been very
hard on the land.
Another raises milo on grain stub
BILE. He plows, then irrigates, then
plants with lister and planter COM
bined. He likes to have it grow TO
be six to eight inches high, then cul-
tivates with n disk cultivator twice:
then when plants are too large, fol-
lows with one-horse cultivator. The
better the condition of the ground the
better the crop. The cheapest way to
harvest the crop is to let the contract
to Mexican laborers.
Some farmers prefer the kafir corn
to milo. They list four to five inches
deep with the ground as wet as pos
sible to work it, use the combined lis.
ter and planter, plant thpse pounds
of seen per acre in drills three and
one-half feet apart, two seeds every
fourteen inches. Harrow every week
till plants are one foot high, then
cultivate with disk cultivator. Some
get it headed for $3.50 per acre. Milo
would cost at least twice as much.
as the heads are usually smaller, and
more of them, consequently it takes
longer.
One farmer who prefers kafir to