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3. Broom-corn millets are so-called because the heads of 

 the plants are quite long and branching like broom-corn or 

 sorghum. It is also called Hog millet. This millet is quicker 

 growing than the others and produces a heavy crop of seed. 



23. A PLOT OF GERMAN MILLET READY TO CUT FOR HAY 



This patch was about five feet tall and made four tons of hay per acre 



By courtesy of the Indiana Experiment Station 



The stems are covered with short hairs, so that they do not 

 make first-class hay. About three pecks of seed are sown 

 per acre. 



4. Cat-tail millet. This name is derived from the resem- 

 blance of the head to the cat- tail flag which grows in swamps. 

 It is also known as Pearl millet and as Pencilaria. It grows 

 six or more feet tall, and looks much like sorghum until 

 it heads out. The stems are not so coarse as sorghum, but 



