50 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 



61. Proso millet. — This is the common millet of 

 Europe, where it is grown extensively for forage and for 

 the seed, the latter being used for food for animals and 

 also among the poorer classes for man. In this country 

 it has been tried repeatedly, but the results have not 

 been very satisfactory. It does not compete with other 

 plants for forage, but produces under favorable condi- 

 tions an abundance of seed. This may prove valuable for 

 poultry. The seed can be used also for stock, but shatters 

 rather readily. Proso millet is also called broom-corn 

 millet because of the resemblance of the inflorescence to 

 that of broom-corn. Another name is hog millet. 



62. Pearl millet and teosinte are sometimes used for 

 hay, but usually for soiling (Par. 75). 



Texas millet is a native weedy species found in the 

 valley of the Colorado River and neighboring valleys in 

 southeast Texas. The volunteer crop on rich land is cut 

 for hay, this being of good quaUty. Texas millet is also 

 known as Colorado-grass. 



Crab-grass may be mentioned here, as it is frequently 

 cut for hay in the South, where it appears in fields as a 

 weed. The hay is of good quality, but is mostly used on 

 the farm and does not often appear on the market. 



Chess or cheat (Bromus secalinus) is grown for hay 

 locally in Oregon, especially in the Willamette Valley. 

 This in other regions is a weed in grain fields but there 

 has been utilized successfully. 



63. Several annual legumes are used for the produc- 

 tion of hay or coarse forage. They are usually used as a 

 cover-crop or as green manure in connection with other 

 farm processes. They are used extensively, especially in 

 the South, as a part of a rotation in order to maintain 

 the fertility of the soil. As stated previously (Par. 15), 



