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sufficient for the stock; though if cornfodder be used, there is 
not much necessity for millet. It is usually sown as a catch 
crop. In’99, after potatoes planted that spring had been 
drowned out, and failed to come up, millet was sown July 
1st and produced over aton per acre. Again in 1900,a field 
of 4 acres sown the preceding spring to grass, was burned 
out on a south exposure by the drought. This field was 
plowed and sownto millet on June 27th, and gave 1.25 tons 
per acre. German millet is about two weeks later in ripen- 
ing than the common millet, and requires nearly the full sea- 
son toripen. It makes a difference, therefore, which varicty 
is sown if late seeding is necessary. The late crop of 1900 
was common millet, and was well matured for hay. That 
of ’99 was German millet, and when cut, but few heads had 
appeared. The yield was about the same in either case but 
the more mature fodder was of a better quality for feeding. 
On the farm, the millet plots have been sown about June Ist. 
From that date till the 10th is the best period to sow the 
crop. If sown earlier, the seed will take so long to sprout, 
and the small plants develope so slowly that the weeds will 
generally smother the crop if they are present. In ’97 millet 
was sown May 17th, and the weeds choked out the mil'et. 
In any case, the ground should be freshly dragged before 
sowing. Once well started, millet easily overcomes weeds. 
While millet will produce a crop if sown late, by using early 
TABLE CIV.—Yield of Millets Sown in 1902. 






Plot | VARIETY Ibate Sown iene eee 
=] tons 
al (SIGIITAUT s550ndcs0n oponguonsocspsonoqsanone June 2 36 | 3.409 
2 Ne BMCS Ghesedseceet vedegse-as so-eecgene: ue 40 S10) 
3 Gnib@ialaiilassne Le adeccondoos: noose crests Of 38 3.65 
4 TRIG Yea Hdca bec e cee rane ereeeT onceenero 36 2.90 
5 ES artalivalke Ons titles aes. re-serreecesesaces= si 25 DGS 
6 IS Nera coceesscnscoeonc]e Guouonoccdac ot 34 3.20 
7 (CONTRO. | cpeccocanscnpognesdocececeonce eM 34 3.30 
8 (SESATAIENS Gehonceono osee oneaponBcaaa Osos June i6 28 3.30 
9 (S@harhanO ls cecooocondose codas noceaceooyc 2 33 3.08 
10 Gernmaileeceesee-ccbe ere ence scenes =anne Jure 30 21 2250 
iyat (COMMON erence stcsecssensereessscesecs 25 19.0 



