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MILLET. 



There are many varieties of this group of forage plants, which belongs to 

 the same natural order as maize and grass, and i.- very closely allied to the 

 sorghums. 



It has heen found of service to grow millet as a catch crop. The seed 

 will germinate and thrive well on land recently cropped with wheat, rye. 

 oats, or barley, or where a crop has failed, or between two crops. Millet 

 is a good crop after clover, soy-beans, or other Legumes. It i- further 

 known that it succeeds best on bare fallow. The cost of cultivation is low, 



Crop of White French Millet. 



as little is needed once the crop is in. It is found good practice to feed off 

 the first crop, and allow the second to grow for hay. In any ease, when fed 

 off, the crop (i.e., the stubble) should be harrowed, to loosen the -oil and 

 ■ ■unserve the moisture. By this mean- ;i good second growth, in many 

 instances heavier than the first, can be obtained. 



As an example of the value of millet as a catch crop, the following 

 experiment, carried out at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, affords a 

 good instance. A portion of a paddock was prepared and sown in the 



