112 FIELD AND GARDEN PRODUCTS 



German Millet sold as Dakota Millet or Dakota-grown German Mil- 

 let, the seed is larger and more oval in shape than in the typical 

 southern form ; the plants are earlier and hardier, and the yield of 

 forage is usually better, at least in northern localities. Some of the 

 so-called Japanese millets now on the market belong to the German 

 Millet type, as, for example, Breck's Japanese Millet, which is 

 scarcely distinguishable from the common southern German Millet. 



Golden Wonder Millet. Synonyms: Sometimes confused with 

 the so-called Golden (German) Millet. In yield of seed Golden 

 Wonder leads all the other varieties of fox-tail millets. The forage 

 is coarse, like that from German Millet, and the yield heavy under 

 favorable conditions, but Golden Wonder is even more susceptible to 

 drought than German Millet, and is therefore less generally grown 

 than any other of the well-established varieties. At the present time 

 it is most extensively cultivated in the States along the Upper Missis- 

 sippi and Lower Missouri valleys. Much of the seed sold under this 

 title is untrue to name. German Millet is perhaps oftener sold as 

 Golden Wonder than any other variety. 



Hungarian Millet. Synonyms : Hungarian Honey, Hungarian 

 Grass, German Millet (in the Old World and in small part in this 

 country). Hungarian does not resist drought as well as Common 

 Millet, but with favorable conditions of soil and moisture it will 

 usually give a somewhat heavier yield. One reason why Hungarian 

 has not found more favor with farmers generally is that it shows a 

 greater tendency than other common varieties to persist in the soil 

 when allowed to mature seed before harvesting. In portions of the 

 Missouri Valley region, as in eastern Nebraska and Iowa, this millet 

 received a great deal of attention from farmers during the seventies, 

 and fine crops of hay and seed were obtained, but its tendency to 

 volunteer brought it into more or less disfavor, and it is now less 

 commonly grown than either Common Millet or German Millet. It 

 seldom becomes troublesome, however, except on light, sandy soils 

 or land recently brought into cultivation. On moist, heavy soils 

 or in regions where there is a great deal of wet weather during the 

 fall and winter months it is not likely to make much volunteered 

 growth. 



Japanese Foxtail Millets. Under the name of Japanese Millet 

 several different kinds of foxtail millets are being grown in various 

 parts of the country. Some of these are apparently identical with 

 varieties already grown in this country, and others are so closely 

 allied that further study is necessary before they can be given a place 

 either as distinct varieties or as forms of better known sorts. As 

 illustrating this point, such cases may be cited as Breck's Japanese 

 Millet, mentioned under the discussion of German Millet, and 

 Gregory's Japanese Millet, noted under the head of Golden Wonder 

 Millet. Several sorts imported from Japan by Professor Brooks seem 

 more distinct as cultivated varieties, and will no doubt soon be given 

 appropriate trade names. 



As a rule these Japanese millets are comparatively large forms, 

 giving heavy yields of seed or forage under favorable conditions, but 



