The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-02
FARMERS SHOULD
GIVE .ATTENTION:
TO THE kAfF|Rs
Few Failures of Crops Pecu-
liarly Adapted to Dry Farm
Regions Render Them of
Special Importance.

Special attention should re paid to
the Eanfs ~ forage aud grain crops
sassy A.. NJ. Cottroll writing Ia the
Panhandle Weekly, %cunt,nuins
rhc permanent prosperity of a
large part OF the southwest a. depend.
cnt upon the intelligent raising and
feeding ui the kaurs-kaur, milo and
f%ctcrita There has been only two
failures of kafir in 20 years IN kansas
tnd only one iu 20 years IN Oklahoma
The failure IN 1913 was du, chiefly TO
the use of degenerate seed and too
Thick planting Many al ia, farmers
who planted well bred seed not too
thiCkly secured good Yields OF grain,
while their ucighhors rdtHd fodder
only
kidr can Dee recommended os the
staple feed Tor districts having an am
nual rainfall ct q inc hes Fotorita
! has not been tested Ions enough to
determine positively where viii Dc
profitable as a main crop Tpo indi-
cations ar, that b ~ adapted To- -cD-
tons having less than an average ct
Ii Inches uf rainfall u year
The kansas Horticultural college. 3D.,
. threo-yoar feeding test rth both
beef and dairy cattle. dem 'lstrat.d
that. pound tor pound. -ilagc made
from corn .rum katir ana Hum sut-
ghum ha, equal feeding ta'ics. pro-
tidcd each is cat at tn prop,r stage
of maturity. ana that the choice of
which OF these crops should f~ pirn,-
cd Tor silagD depends pa WHICH viii
probably produce IN. grctt"st ton.
mas, per acre over t ifso part ot
Tho southwest kafir viii produce a
heavier yield than culu. ~1islIli-
viii weld more than kaiir
In planting kaur. N, black hulicd
white is the best variety O., plant The
dwarf milo shout DE planted "r the
J plains. No distinct Varieties 81 fctrr-
itl have been developed but there are
many white seeded sorghum. .old for
I fot.rItl and thcs, hould bo avoided
Dwarf kufir has been grown Do, sot-
oral "t th- plains experiment stations
I The pact two ut three S,tr. aud The
. results Indicate that % MAY take m.
! plae" OF both milo and f~,tor'tu dr tn"
, staple feed grain tor districts Iu tho
southwest ha iug less than - inches
"t rainfall yearly. Dwarf krfir is ~
early az either milo or f,'o'ita. Dn
this account u require moisture Tor
thirty dl,s shorter season han thu
standard kahr. It's heads glow up-
right, $50 that it Is easily harvested by
machinery. n b. low in height. re-
curing a minimum ul moisture Tor
growing stalk Tn" stalk rs thick and
rhurt-Juintcd. withstdndiup heavy
winds wen. II skaters littlc. allow
ing at least three months time In
which t. harvest u after the heads
have ripencd
The best yields Of kafir milo and
f"torita are produced from choice.
HOMEGROWN seed. Where this can
not be secured seed should Ice OBJ
tanned from as near home as pos
sihic.
The character of the stalk has a
strong influence on yield. seed from
good heads. grown on plints ct me-
dunn height. with thick. short-jointcd
stalks, Win produce ouc-th.fd higher
yield than seed from cool heads
grown ON tall stalks with long Joints
h enter or main stem on which
the h'td H. formed should ,Atcnd we'll
toWHt" IN" TAP, usually 30 within
three inches ur less nf the eNirom.
end of the tip This j. IN" most i'm
p"ridnt indication ut a high yirlding
strain. II the coutc stom lacks
length thv head should he rejected.
mo- matter how good the other char
actoristics.
Seed from tho right type uf Head
viii produce 90 to So bushels per acre.
whore under the same treatment seed
from the wrong kind OF head viii
produce but 10 To 20 bushels per
acre.
There i- a difference of three weeks
~ the riponing of different heads of
kailr ana milo In the Same nold. In
4 severe season a difference ct five
da1s in riponlng sometimes makes Tho
dtncrcnc" hctwccu a good Weld and
failure, Tho row should watch his
holds ciusoly and mark by a string
90 piece of cloth each desirable early
head The selected heads should re-
main on the stalks until tho crop Is
ripe, when a man can 60 through the
hcid Win a sack and gather the
marked heads,
The sure feed crops to grow In dry
land dlstriOts are kaiir milo, ~fotcrita
sudan grass Hud sorghum. ana span
ish peanuts where they are ncclimut-
ed Sweet clover has given good re-
turns where Il has been given n care
iul uial
Mexican beans make a rood cash
| gTuu IN all N,ars aud wheat I'm wet