50 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 
61. Proso millet—This is the common millet of 
Europe, where it is grown extensively for forage and for 
the seed, the latter being used for food for animals and 
also among the poorer classes for man. In this country 
it has been tried repeatedly, but the results have not 
been very satisfactory. It does not compete with other 
plants for forage, but produces under favorable condi- 
tions an abundance of seed. This may prove valuable for 
poultry. The seed can be used also for stock, but shatters 
rather readily. Proso millet is also called broom-corn 
millet because of the resemblance of the inflorescence to 
that of broom-corn. Another name is hog millet. 
62. Pearl millet and teosinte are sometimes used for 
hay, but usually for soiling (Par. 75). 
Texas millet is a native weedy species found in the 
valley of the Colorado River and neighboring valleys in 
southeast Texas. The volunteer crop on rich land is cut 
for hay, this being of good quality. Texas millet is also 
known as Colorado-grass. 
Crab-grass may be mentioned here, as it is frequently 
cut for hay in the South, where it appears in fields as a 
weed. The hay is of good quality, but is mostly used on 
the farm and does not often appear on the market. 
Chess or cheat (Bromus secalinus) is grown for hay 
locally in Oregon, especially in the Willamette Valley. 
This in other regions is a weed in grain fields but there 
has been utilized successfully. 
63. Several annual legumes are used for the produc- 
tion of hay or coarse forage. They are usually used as a 
cover-crop or as green manure in connection with other 
farm processes. They are used extensively, especially in 
the South, as a part of a rotation in order to maintain 
the fertility of the soil. As stated previously (Par. 15), 
