Timely Hints for Farmers. 293 



In view of the necessity of finding some crop which will pro- 

 duce winter and spring feed, it has been thought wise to offer the 

 ranchers and farmers an opportunity to determine for themselves 

 what this plant will do in their immediate vicinity. We now 

 have reason to believe from Mr. Hildreth's experiments and our 

 own that the plant will be a valuable one for the vicinity of Saf- 

 ford, but it is well known that the conditions in the Territory are 

 very diverse, and it will be necessary to test the matter in many 

 localities before any extended recommendation can be made. 

 The Station can test the matter only to a limited extent, and is 

 doing so now in eight localities in Southern Arizona ; but a plant 

 of such promise should be further investigated. 



This Station is able to offer seed of Atriplex semibaccata to 

 all who apply for it. No attempt will be made to furnish any in- 

 dividual with enough seed to make any great quantity of pastur- 

 age. On the contrary, we will furnish such a quantity as will 

 enable the rancher to determine the value of the plant for his par- 

 ticular locality, and, if he chooses, after a year's observation, he 

 can collect his own seed. About one-fourth of a pound, or enough 

 to seed one-fourth of an acre, will be distributed to each indi- 

 vidual who applies. 



It is recommended that the seed be sown during the summer 

 rains. It should be covered very lightly with a fine tooth harrow 

 or if preferred it can be dropped in hills and pressed into the soft 

 earth by pressure of the foot. In any case care should be exer- 

 cised not to cover it too deeply. 



David Griffiths, 



Department of Botany. 



MILLETS. 

 No. 34, July i. 



The number of inquiries received concerning the culture of 

 millet indicates considerable interest in this forage crop. While 

 there is probably no section of the Territory where it should be 

 made a primary crop, yet as a catch crop or a supplementary 

 crop it has a place in Arizona agriculture. A crop may be se- 



