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seed, the latter being used chiefly for fowls. It grows rapidly, and may be cut 

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

 should becut 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 (fig. 29) is only a vaiiety 

 of ChcetocMoa italica, distinguished by its smaller, more compact, and erect 

 heads, the bristles of which are usually purplish. Sow 2 to 3 pecks per acre 

 for hay. One peek is sufficient when sown for seed. 



No. 71. Chaetochloamagna (Griesb.) Scribn. Giant Millet. (PI. II.) 



This native millet grows in swamps 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 



Fig. 29.— German Millet. 



Fig. 30.— Millet (Okcetochloa italica). 



lands along the coast. It has been grown successfully in the grass garden on 

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

 in PI. IT. 



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



Has about the same wide distribution as ChatocMoa glauca, but is much less com- 

 mon in the United States. It is rarely found except 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.) Scribn. Green Foxtail. 



Similar in habit to Clmtochloa f/lauca, with about the same distribution, and equally 

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



