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ripe. It was fully ripe in about seventy-five days from the time of sowing and fifty 

 days from the date of its coming up. The yield per acre would probably be about 

 58 bushels. The straw was not very long on account of drought, but the quality of 

 both seed and straw was good. 



Mr. W. H. Wilder, Trinidad, Las Animas County: 



The seed was sown broadcast in the garden about June 29, 1899. It ripened about 

 September 1 , and yielded about 25 bushels of seed per acre. The quality of the for- 

 age was good but rather coarse. The red lump millet is a good thing, but for winter 

 feed only. 



KANSAS. 



Mr. S. S. Dickinson, Larned, Pawnee County: 



The land was plowed 8 inches deep, then harrowed and rolled. The seed was 

 sown broadcast May 13, 1898, and harrowed in. By July 14 it was 18 inches high 

 on an average and well filled with seed in the milk stage. It would have averaged 

 3 tons of hay to the acre. 



Mr. C. P. Fullington, Wichita, Sedgwick County: 



A black, sandy loam was plowed, harrowed, and rolled. The seed was sown broad- 

 cast July 1, 1898. It was in full bloom about August 5 and had ripened its seed 

 by August 20. The quality of the product was good and the yield of seed par- 

 ticularly heavy. It grows well and has the appearance of being a good forage plant. 



Mr. C. H. Jackson, Kidderville, Hodgeman County: 



The land was plowed deep and the seed sown May 12, 1898. By August it had 

 headed well with large heads filled with an abundance of seed. The plant grew 

 to be about 12 inches high. The seed was so heavy that it was impossible to gather 

 it except by hand. If it had been planted thicker on the ground it would have 

 been practicable to harvest it with a header. The seed might make good hog feed 

 if it could be saved. 



Mr. M. Mellinger, St. Francis, Cheyenne County: 



A black, loamy soil was spring plowed and the seed sown broadcast May 1, 1898, 

 and harrowed in. It was cut the 15th of July, before fully matured, on account of 

 the danger of grasshoppers destroying it. I regard it as a valuable forage plant. 



Mr. Mads. Olson, Mullinville, Kiowa County: 



The soil used was old ground in good condition. The seed was sown with a press 

 drill about the middle of May. I harvested it when fully ripe, the latter part of 

 July. It grew very rapidly to a height of about 2 feet, producing very large seed 

 heads. I have nearly a bushel of seed which I will sow next year on some new 

 land. It seems to stand the dry weather better than the other millets. 



MONTANA. 



Mr. Marion Flaherty, Bozeman, Gallatin Count}^: 



A well-prepared sandy loam was used. The seed was sown by hand May 23, 

 1898, and harrowed in with a light harrow. By August 8 there was a heavy crop, 

 well filled with good, plump seed. I want to try it for ensilage, as the season is too 

 short for corn here. I think it will be a valuable crop for the silo. I will sow about 

 5 acres of it next season. If its fattening qualities are good it would be useful here 

 as a substitute for corn for fattening cattle. 



