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FORAGE CROPS 



Hungarian millet grows very quickly and is 

 very useful for supple- 

 menting a shortage in 

 the regular hay crop, or 

 for supplying the dairy 

 herd with green forage, 

 although not so desirable as 

 the Barn^^ard millet. The Ger- 

 man and Golden millets usually 

 make a larger yield than the Hun- 

 garian, require a little longer time 

 for growth, and should not be seeded 

 later than the first of ^\x\y. 



In all these varieties, the quantity 

 of seed to sow is about one bushel per 

 acre. The practices recommended for 

 Barnyard millet in preparation of soil, 

 use of fertilizers and manures, and 

 time of harvesting, should be adopted. 

 All varieties of millet are surface 

 feeders; large crops will absorb all 

 of the available plant -food, leaving 

 the land in poor condition for 

 crops following the same season. 

 The time of cutting is espe- 

 cially important, as too ^' 

 complete maturity re- 

 sults in poor and un- 

 palatable hay. 



Fig. 9. 



Hungarian millet. 



About natural size. 



