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Common or broom corn millet. Panicum miliaceicm, L. — This 

 plant is likewise of prehistoric culture, especidlly in Europe, 

 Egypt and Asia. The Greeks and Romans were familiar 



Fig. 70 A. Oorean Foxtail millet. (Dlv. of Agrostology U. S. Dept. of Agrl.) 



with it. The Lake Dwellers during the stone age used this 

 millet to a considerable extent. Its culture is thought to be 

 very ancient in eastern Europe. 



