12a On Millet. 



be fully ripe : the difficulty is very great to get the 

 straw dry without losing the greater part of the seed in 

 the field, I have no doubt it would answer a good pur- 

 pose to sow it on purpose for pasture for milch cows. 



Respectfully, thy friend, 



Nathan Harper, 



Isaac C. J one. 



In a note which I received from Nathan Harper, under 

 date 4th mo. 15th, 1820, he mentioned a mistake that he 

 had made, in the above letter, relative to the proper quan- 

 tity of seed requisite to be sown on an acre of ground ; 

 he therein mentioned about half a bushel per acre, 

 whereas one peck was sufficient. 



Isaac C. Jones. 



[I have, during several years past, cultivated the millet, I 

 mean that species called millium. I think less than half a bu- 

 shel to the acre, sown for seed, often produces coarse straw, 

 though the seed is o-reater in quantity. I have sown it in May, 

 and even June, with equal success. Last season, a neighbour 

 sowed on stubble, after harvest, a week or two. He had a good 

 crop of hay or fodder, but the seed did not ripen sufficiently. 

 I think it well worth the culture as an excellent fodder, and a 

 valuable substitute for hay, when failure in grass crops has oc- 

 curred. R. P. 



Maijy 1825.] 



