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bargains for the return of the pulp, and this valuable 

 cattle food has also been preserved with success by bury- 

 ing it in a similar manner. 



The Beet-sugar industry is making a slow., but healthy 

 growth in this country, and the time is not far distant 

 when the preservation of the leaves and pulp by ensilage 

 will be of great importance. 



Hungarian grass usually comes in to supplement a 

 short hay crop, and being sown late, it is cut late, and is 

 often in danger of being caught by frost before it can be 

 cut and cured. The few experiments that have been 

 made show that this grass may be preserved in silos, and 

 thus treated makes excellent fodder. 



Mr. W. C. Strong, the well-known horticulturist of 

 Brighton, Mass., tried packing Hungarian grass in the 

 silo, just as it came from the field, without cutting. The 

 attempt resulted in failure, there being so much air in- 

 cluded in the mass that decay took place. In other 

 instances, where the grass was cut before storing, it kept 

 in a satisfactory manner, and made excellent ensilage. 



Millet. Under this name a variety of plants are cul- 

 tivated in this country, and there is much confusion in 

 the application of the term. The true Millet of Europe, 

 Panicum Milicecum, is rarely cultivated with us. It is 

 to this plant that the name, Millet, should be restricted, 

 and with all other grasses it should be used with a prefix. 

 The plant most generally cultivated 'in this country as 

 " Millet " is one of the forms of Setaria Italica, (also 8. 

 Germanica, which is but another name for the same,) 

 and is a variety of the " Hungarian grass." The form 

 known as "Hungarian grass" runs more to foliage, 

 while those varieties known as " Giant," "Hungarian," 

 "Bengal," "Golden," and other kinds of Millet, have 

 larger panicles, and produce more largely of seed or grain 

 than the others. 



For the purposes of ensilage, the variety known as 



