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Golden Wonder millet, and Hungarian millet. Except for a few which washed 

 out and were later reseeded, very satisfactory results were obtained. The 

 plants varied in height from 3 to 3* feet for some of the common millets to 6 

 feet for some of the German and Golden Wonder millets. Fully one-third of 

 them matured seed in from To to 78 days. These were chiefly Common millets. 

 Most of the remainder matured in from 80 to 90 days. Three German millets 

 took 103 days and one required 110 for ripening its seeds. 



One plat of Common millet was badly affected by a leaf-spot disease, while a 

 second one contained a number of smutted heads. 



Broom-corn millets {Pmiicmn miliaceum L.).— Eighteen plats of these millets 

 were sown May 17 and 18. Most of the seed was secured through the Section of 

 Seed and Plant Introduction from China, Russia, and Asia Minor. There were 

 many decided differences observable in varieties grown in the different plats. 

 The plants varied greatly in regard to the thickness, height, and amount of 

 branching of the culms, hairiness, the size and habit of the panicle, and the 

 time of maturing. Two of the largest, 3i to 4^ feet tall, with large, slender, 

 drooping panicles 10 to 14 inches long, were very slow in growth, the seed 

 ripening August 7, eighty-one days from planting. One was from Asia Minor 

 (S. P. I. No. 3665), the other from China (S. P. I. No. 3867). Another, similar 

 in habit but smaller, from Russia (S. P. I. No. 1387), was equally slow. All of 

 the remainder, including three from American-grown seed, matured between 

 July 31 and July 35, or in from sixty five to sixty-nine days from the time of 

 seeding. On one plat only was any smut observed. 



Barnyard millets (Pajiicitm crMS-firoZ7i L.).— The barnyard millets are culti- 

 vated forms of our common barnyard grass. Four plats were seeded on May 

 17 and 18. One (9-E-ll) with 1899 seed from the Washington Experiment 

 Station ripened on August 14, and one (9-E-3) with Russian seed (S. P. I. No. 

 2798) on August 10. Both grew to a height of three feet, but the Russian plant 

 was much more slender in habit. Another (9-F-8b), sown with seed from the 

 Division supply, was 4i to 5 feet high by the Ist of August, but had produced 

 no heads. It made a very luxuriant, leafy growth, but died about the end of 

 September without having flowered. 



SORGHUMS {Sorghum vulgare L.). 



Two plats of brown dhoura (9-G-3 and 4), the second of which was mixed 

 with yellow milo maize, gave good results. The plants grew 6 to 7 feet in height, 

 producing an abundance of stocky, much-branched stems full of leaves. The 

 short, stout panicles are both lateral and terminal. A plat (9-G-7) of white 

 African millet sown with Texas-grown seed made a splendid growth of about 7 

 feet, with abundant foliage, the lower leaves 3 to 4 inches wide and 3 feet long. 

 Several plats of sorghum grew from 8 to 9 feet tall and produced a most succu- 

 lent forage. 



TEOSINTE (Euchlcena luxurians). 



Teosinte stands unrivaled for quantity of forage produced. Two plats 

 (9-H-9-10) were sown May 31 with seed from France (S. P. I. No. 3024). By 

 the middle of July it was 3 feet high, and on August 1 it had reached 6 feet in 

 height and so luxuriant in growth that the rows, planted 3 feet apart, could no 

 longer be distinguished. By October 15 it was 10 feet high and an almost solid 

 mass of culms and foliage. The leaves were about 3 inches wide and 3 feet long 

 and crowded on the stems, which were 1 inch in diameter. About November 1 

 the male flowers began to appear, but soon afterward frost killed the plants. 

 Two adjoining plats, of which the label was unfortunately lost, made an equally 

 satisfactory growth. 



