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Grasses and Leguminous Crops in Kew Yobk 



no recognized type of seed has been described and established for 

 German millet. German millet is a long-season variety, requiring 

 on the average about 87 days, although under favorable conditions 

 65 days are sufficient for a hay crop. The hay yield is larger than 

 that of common millet, but the quality of the hay is not so good. 



Golden Wonder Millet 



This variety has a heavy stem and broad leaves very much like 

 those of the German millet, but the head, although distinctly 

 lobed, is more compact, longer, and more slender than that of the 

 latter variety, and the bristles are so short as to be scarcely notice^ 

 able. It makes good yields of both forage and seed, and for a time 

 was widely advertised as a new millet of very desirable qualities, 



but it was found to be 

 more easily harmed by dry 

 weather than other well- 

 known varieties. This, 

 together with the difficulty 

 of obtaining reliable seed 

 of it, has prevented its 

 wide utilization, 



Hungarian Millet 

 Hungarian millet is 

 characterized by its slen- 

 der stems and small, com- 

 pact head, which in size 

 and shape very closely re- 

 sembles that of common 

 millet. (Fig. 642.) The 

 bristles, however, are 

 usually purple in color, 

 which, with the intermix- 

 ture of dark-colored seeds, 

 give the head a darker ap- 

 pearance than that of com- 

 mon millet. The indi- 

 vidual seeds are perhaps a 

 -A Single Plant of Hun- i ;: i ^i 



GARiAN Millet. trifle smallei', but have the 



Fig, 642.- 



