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Feeds and Feeding. 



icum, 55 bushels; Panicum cms galli, 69 bushels, and Panicum 

 miliaceum, 28 bushels per acre. Brooks concludes that millet 

 cannot successfully compete with Indian corn under conditions 

 prevailing in Massachusetts. Millet seed resembles oats in com- 

 position, but we cannot point to experiments which definitely settle 

 the feeding value of the several varieties. 



Stewart 1 writes: " Millet meal is a highly appropriate food 

 for young or mature horses. It has a higher proportion of albu- 

 minoids and a higher nutritive ratio than oats, but having less 

 oil. It is found, when well ground (and it cannot properly be 

 fed without grinding), to be one of the best rations for horses, 

 being particularly adapted to the development of muscular 

 strength." 



The culture of sorghums and millets for grain and forage is to 

 be recommended for the warmer districts of the United States, 

 where there is scant rainfall and where hot, drying winds prevail. 

 Where Indian corn flourishes, these crops are not able to compete 

 with that great cereal. (272) 



IV. Oil-bearing Seeds and their By-products. 

 Digestible nutrients and fertilizing constituents. 



199. Concerning oil-bearing seeds. The leading oil-bearing 

 seeds in this country are from the flax and cotton plants. Others 

 1 Feeding Animals. 



