152 Soiling. 



MILLET. 



This is doubtless one of the most nutritious green 

 forage plants that is used in soiling cattle, as may 

 be seen by reference to the foregoing tables. As a 

 green manure it also ranks first, containing twenty 

 pounds of nitrogen and seventeen pounds of potash 

 to the ton. It germinates and grows very rapidly, 

 and endures drought remarkably well. It is a very 

 leafy plant, and furnishes the most succulent food, 

 which is highly relished by all kinds of stock. It is 

 said to flourish in somewhat higher and dryer soil 

 than other grasses, but it attains greatest luxuriance 

 in soil of medium constancy and well manured. It 

 is usually sown broadcast, requiring one bushel of 

 seed per acre, or grown as hay, which can be done 

 after a soiling crop of rye, oats, or peas. It makes 

 one of the best rations according to analysis to 

 feed in connection with ensilage for a winter feed 

 that can be mentioned. I have grown it several 

 times as hay in this manner, and like it very much. 

 Another advantage, and by no means a small con- 

 sideration, is that it is such a grand substitute for 

 hay, and can be grown on the same ground after 

 a crop of hay the same season, or, as above stated, 

 after a spring or early summer soiling crop, and 

 then followed by a crop of rye. The same land that 

 will produce one ton of hay per acre will produce 

 at least three tons of millet, and in a favorable sea- 



