158 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



corn is the Black Hulled White. The Red 

 Kafir corn is usually grown where the season is 

 long ; but the Black Hulled White has given the 

 best results in nearly all parts of the West. 



MILLETS There are four distinct forms of millet. 



First, the Japanese millets, of which our wild 

 crab grass is a near relative; second, the round 

 headed millets, like the Common, German, Hun- 

 garian, Golden, and Siberian millets ; third, the 

 Pearl millets, which have round, cat-tail-likc 

 heads, and, fourth, Broom corn, hog, or Proso 

 millets, which are drouth resistant forms. 



Of these forms the Pearl millet is suitable to 

 the South, and will not mature in our northwest- 

 ern states. The proso millets will stand more 

 drouth and produce crops of seed where others 

 would fail, but as a forage they are not so palat- 

 able to stock as are the other forms. 



On good soils, under irrigation, Japanese 

 millet will produce heavy yields of fairly good 

 forage. The German, Hungarian, and Siberian 

 millet are the ones most generally recommended. 

 Of these the Hungarian seems to be the most 

 palatable to stock, but the German or Siberian 

 millet will probably produce heavier yields. 



Millets are quick growing, summer crops 

 which are quite exhaustive on soils. They are 

 not very useful at altitudes above 6,000 feet, but 

 at lower altitudes they produce valuable hay, 

 especially under systems of dry farming. Millet 



