The Prescott daily news., 1915-04-16
KAFflR IDEAL CROP
 FOR ARKANSAS FARMS
ii. M. Cottrell, Rock Island Agricul- tural Commissioner, Advises the Arkansas Planters to Raise
 kaffir on WOrn-out Land

Arkansas farmers who have upland or land that has been cropped too long in either cotton or rice should plant good acreage of kaffir to be raised for feed grain instead of corn," said H. M. Cottrell, Rock lani agriculaural commissioner, yesterday. "kaffiir has been grown for num- Der of years in several parts of Ark ansas and in every trial. where pro- perly handled, has given larger yields of grain than corn on upland and on worn-out land. About 75 miles south of Little Rock kaffir has been raised on worn-out cotton land for the last four years and has yielded double the yield of corn on upland. In many parts of eastern Arkansas kaffir has proven to be good yielder
 'Kaffir takes the place of corn in feeding all kinds of farm animals horses, mules, dairy, beef and stock cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry. Break ing raw prairie is as hard work as farm teams ever do and mules have done this kind of work three months at time, fed kaffir grain and have kept in good condition all the time
 "kaffir is planted and cultivated with the same implements as corn so that no new implements are necessary Plant in rows three and half feet apart, dropping single seeds three to four inches apart in the row. Most corn drills are furnished with plates that will drop kafir seed. If the planter drops the seed too thickly, thin out the plants to one every six to eight inches after the first cultivation. Gull tivate the land fiat. Give thorough cultivation the same as for large yield of cotton. Kaffir costs less for seed to plant an acre than any other farm crop. Good kaffir seed costs in Little Rock three cents a pound and three pounds of seed is ample to plant an acre.
 "When kaffir is ripe, pull off or cut off the heads and store them in crib | the same as corn in the ear Feed the heads the same as ear corn This saves expense for either shelling or grinding Kaffir is constipating feed and little cowpea hay or Spanish peanuts will overcome this difficulty.
 "Kaffir is a grain sorghum, as are milo and feterita. Kaffir is the grain to plant in Arkansas If planted early plant standard kaffir. If you plant late plant dwarf kaffir.
 Will Stand 60 Days.
 Milo has a much softer grain than kaffir. If a good rain comes after milo is ripe and the rain is followed by warm weather, the milo seeds will sprout on the stalk where they have grown.
 "We have found many Arkansas farmers planning to plant feterita. DON'T. Feteriata will be a bad fail ure unless the season is very dry. Fe- terita makes a good grain crop in dis tricts having 1 to 12 inches of rain through the growing season. With the amount of rain that falls during an average growing season Tn Ark ansas, feterita grows very tall and falls down. Following each good rain after it has headed, it throws out suckers and these ripen unevenly, so that the farmer has to go over his field four or five times to gather the crop. Feterita must be gathered as soon as it is ripe or it shatters and the seeds scatter on the ground. Kailir will stand so days on the s.atN5 after it gets ripe and will not shatter.
 Keep kaffir dry and we'll aired until it is planted. As soon as you ge- seed pour it out into an open box. Do not make a pile of seed over three inches deep and shovel the seed over each day in the spring after the weath- CT gets warm until planting.
 "When kafir seed is kept in the spring in warm weather in sack it will often gather enough moisture from the air to heat it and kill it so that the seed will not grow. This does not hurt it for feed, but makes is useless for seed.
 "Plant three or four acres of kaffir for each horse or mule that you keep. Plant as soon as cotton growing is