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576. Millet. Several plants of different species pass 

 under the name of millet, and are cultivated, to some 

 extent, for their seeds. The common millet is best 

 known in this country. Millet is often sown to cut up 

 green for stock. If raised for winter fodder, it is cut and 

 cured like hay. 



577. Millet flourishes best in a dry sandy loam, well 

 and deeply pulverized by the plough and the harrow. 

 If evenly sown, a peck of seed per acre is enough, if it is 

 cultivated for the seed. But when it is designed to be 

 cut to feed out green to cattle, a larger amount of seed 

 should be used. 



578. Millet is regarded as an exhausting crop if 

 allowed to ripen, but it will do well on land too light for 

 grass, and deserves to be more extensively cultivated 

 than it now is. It may be sown from the middle of May 

 to July, and harvested as the grasses are for hay, but 

 when cultivated for the seed, it should be allowed to 

 stand till nearly ripe. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



579. This class of plants embraces several different 

 &amp;lt;JVIHT;I and many species and varieties due to the ad ion 

 of soil, climate and cultivation. It includes the cultivated 

 varieties of the bean, the pea, the lentil, the lupine, and 

 the vetch ; all of which produce seeds composed largely 



