56 SILOS AND ENSILAGE. 



Hungarian grass would be better than any of the forms 

 called Millet, as they are likely to give a large supply of 

 herbage. 



The name of Millet, with the prefix "Pearl," that is, 

 "Pearl Millet," has, within a few years, been given to a 

 plant well known in Southern localities as " Cat- tail 

 Millet," from a resemblance of its dense heads to those of 

 the real "Cat-tail," Typha latifolia. 



"Pearl Millet" is properly Penicillaria spicata, and 

 belongs to a different genus from any other grass known 

 as Millet. The trials that have been made with it show 

 it to have value as a fodder plant. Like several other 

 grasses, which are large enough when well established, 

 this is very small at the start. When a stand is fairly 

 made, it grows on with great vigor, and allows several 

 cuttings to be made during the season, the number de- 

 pending upon the latitude. As a plant for ensilage it is 

 worthy of the attention of southern farmers. 



Sorghum, in its different kinds, is worthy of considera- 

 tion as a plant for ensilage. Sorghum vulgare has devel- 

 oped into several distinct races. Those forms which are 

 grown for an unusual development of the seed panicle 

 are known as Broom Corn. Other varieties have been 

 produced in which the saccharine matter of the stalks is 

 developed to its highest point, and are cultivated for 

 syrup and sugar. Other varieties still are cultivated for 

 their grain, which, under the name of Durra, etc., are 

 the principal bread food of some oriental peoples. Of 

 late, some of these grain-producing forms have been 

 offered as forage plants, and it is likely that some of these 

 may be found of value for ensilage. Indeed, all of these 

 kinds of Sorghum, with the exception of Broom Corn, 

 are likely to give ensilage of great value, and should re- 

 ceive attention in those localities where their culture is 

 found profitable for feeding green or curing dry. 



Eye sown for a forage crop is of great value, especially 



