COARSE FEEDS AND THEIR VALUE 291 



Millet is grown in a number of varieties. Hungarian 

 grass is the smallest form, and reaches a height usually of 

 about two feet, with a single, small, bristly head. This 

 makes very fair hay. German Millet is somewhat larger 

 and coarser than Hungarian, and has a larger head, though 

 of the same type. Both of these millets may be sown in 

 early summer, and often they make a very rapid growth and 

 furnish an abundant hay crop in a short season. Millets are 

 not generally used in pastures. When heavily seeded they 

 make very good hay for cattle and sheep. Caution should 

 be used in feeding this hay to horses, as it is thought by some 

 to cause kidney trouble if fed very heavily. The millets 

 may be grown over much of the country. 



Brome grass has been cultivated some in the Northwest, 

 where it has been used as pasture and for hay. At the North 

 Dakota station it is used for permanent pasture, and is 

 ranked as much richer in protein than timothy. It also 

 yields about the same quantity of feed per acre as timothy. 



Bermuda grass in the South is a standard pasture. This 

 plant grows a perfect network of roots near the surface, and 

 covers the ground as with a mat. It is a very nutritious 

 pasture plant, and has a most valuable place in Southern 

 agriculture. It will stand heavy pasturing, and may be 

 used from March to November. If grown on rich soil, very 

 heavy cuttings of hay may be expected. Bermuda grass 

 contains over 6 per cent protein and about 45 per cent car- 

 bohydrates, excelling in protein any other common grass. 



Mixed grasses are frequently sown for pasture in the 

 Northern states, timothy, red top, orchard grass, and clover 

 forming the usual combination. Prairie grass is usually a 

 mixture, and somewhat resembles timothy in feeding value. 



