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medium soils, and from one-half to three-fourths of a bushel of seed is 

 required per acre. 



Millets. — The number of varieties of millet is very large. We have 

 tried within the last few years twenty-five different kinds. The most 

 important of these, together with the 3'ield in 1896, are shown in the 

 foUowino- table, which gives also tlie (juantity of seed, the height of the 

 plants and the date of cutting : — 



Millets, Variety Tests {Pints One-sixteenth Acre Each). 



Quantity of 



Seed 



(Quarts). 



Height of 



Plants 

 (Inches). 



Date of 

 Cutting. 



Yield of 



Hay 

 (Pounds). 



Canary bird seed,* 

 Early harvest, 

 Mukodamaski (Japanese), , 



Golden, 



Golden Wonder, . 

 Hokkaido (Japanese), . 

 Japanese common, 

 Hungarian, . . . , 

 Japanese white broom corn, 



Chinese, 



Common broom corn, . 

 White French, 



Red French 



Hog, 



California, . . . . 

 Japanese broom corn, . 

 Japanese barn-yard. 



Aug. 25, 

 Aug. 4, 

 Sept. 8, 

 Sept. 8, 

 Aug. 13, 

 Aug. 25, 

 Aug. 25, 

 Aug. 13, 

 Aug. 31, 

 Aug. 4, 

 July 28, 

 July 31, 

 July 28, 

 July 28, 

 July 28, 

 Aug. 15, 

 Aug. 13, 



295 

 325 

 540 

 610 

 480 

 430 

 475 

 550 

 840 

 460 

 450 

 310 

 300 

 370 

 370 

 490 

 620 



* In this table the names under which the varieties were advertised are used in the case 

 of all purchased sorts. The Japanese varieties are of our own importation or production. 



It should be remarked that in this trial neither the Jai^anese white 

 broom corn nor the Japanese barn-yai"d did its best on account of having 

 been sown too thick. Three of these varieties and Hungarian grass 

 were given a ti'ial upon a larger scale, and the I'esults are shown in the 

 following table : — 



Varieties of Millet (^One-third Acre Each). 



Quantity of 

 Seed sown 

 (Quarts). 



Date of 

 Cutting. 



Yield of 

 Hay 



(Pounds). 



Hungarian grass, 

 Japanese common millet, . 

 Japanese broom corn millet, 

 Japanese barn-yard millet. 



Aug. 15, 

 Aug. 26, 

 Aug. 15, 

 Aug. 15, 



1,730 

 2,025 

 2,410 

 2,603 



The Japanese barn-yard millet in this trial also failed to do its best on 

 account of having been sown too thickly for a season so favorable for 

 rank growth as was that of 189G. 



The Japanese millets require a longer season for growth than com- 

 mon millets or Hungarian grass, and this is against their use as catch- 

 crops. The Japanese broom corn and the Japanese common millets I 



