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Beed, the latter being used chiefly for fowls. It grows rapidly, and may he cnt 

 within sixty or sixty-live days from the time of sowing. If used for fodder, it 

 should he cut just as it begins to head, before blooming, for when more advanced 

 it is apt to be injurious to stock fed upon it. When cut in good season it is one 

 of the most valuable of soiling plants. German Millet, Cluvtochloa germanica 

 (fig. 29), is only a variety of ChwtocMoa italica, distinguished by its smaller, 

 more compact, and erect heads, the bristles of which are usually ])nrpli8h. Sow 

 2 to 8 pecks per acre for hay. One peck is sufficient when sown for seed. 



No. 71. Chaetochloa magna (Griesb.) Scribn. Giant Millet. (PI. II.) 



This native millet grows in swami)s along the coast from Florida to Delaware. The 



leaves are very broad and long, and the stems are often 8 or 10 feet in height. 



It is one of the most promising grasses for use in the reclamation of swampy 



Fio. 29.— German Millet (Ohceto- 

 chloa germanica) . 



Fia. 30.— Millet (Ohcetochloailalica). 



lands along the foast. It has been giown successfully in the grass garden on 

 the Department grounds. A single plant, with much branched stems, is showu 

 in PI. II. 



No. 72. Chaetochloa verticillata (Linn.) Scribn. Bristly Foxtail. 



Has about the same wide distribution as Chittoihlua j/hinca, but is much less com- 

 mon in the United States. It is rarely found exce])t in waste town lots and 

 about dwellings in the Atlantic States. The bristles in this species are barbed 

 downward, on account of which the "heads" cling to clothing or other objects 

 with which they may come in contact. A weed. 



No. 73. Chaetochloa viridis (Linn.) Scrilm. Green Foxtail. 



Similar in hiibit to (luitoclduu (jlaiua, wilb about the same distribution, and eqn.ally 

 common in this country, appearing as a weed in all cultivated grounds. It 



