THE MILLETS — THEIR CULTURE AND 

 UTILIZATION IN NEW YORK 



H. N. 

 Agronomist, Bureau of 



ViNALL, Washington, D. C. 



Plant Industry, United States Department of 

 Agriculture 



The term millet commonly refers to 



those annual grasses, other than corn, 



sorghum, rice, and the small grains, which 



are cultivated for their edible seeds or 



for forage purposes. In ISTew York the 



millets are considered almost entirely as 



forage crops and the acreage harvested 



for seed is negligible, not being sufficient 



in most cases to supply enough seed for 



the following year's sowing. Much of 



the millet seed used in ISTew York is produced in the states farther 



south nnd west. 



In Asia and certain parts of Europe, especially Russia, the 



millets are grown almost entirely as grain crops, and in some of 



these countries they make up a considerable percentage of the 



food consumed by the people. Only the proso, or broom-corn 



millet, is looked on as a grain crop in the Ignited States, and it 



is not grown to any extent in New York. Those grasses that are 



usually classed as millets are listed below with their common and 



botanical names: 



Common names* 



Foxtail millet 



Italian millet 



Proso 



Broom-corn millet. 



Hog millet 



Russian millet .... 



Barnyard millet. . . 

 Japanese millet . . . 



Sanwa millet 



Billion-dollar grass. 



Pearl millet 



Penicillaria 



Cat-tail millet .... 

 Egyptian millet. . . 



Botanical names* 



Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribner 

 Setaria italica Beauv. 



Panicum miliaceum L. 



Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.) Link. 

 f Panicum frumentaceum Roxb. 



Pennisetum. glaucum (L.) R. Br. 

 Pennisetum typhoideum Rich. 



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