128 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



From the above figures it is seen that the average sweet 

 or sugar maize is richest in protein and ash, while the soft or 

 bread mealies is lowest in these constituents, but richest it 

 starch ; also that the flint varietieo are richer in protein, ash, 

 and water than the dent. 



Queensland- (Australia) grown maize is apparently richer in 

 protein than American-grown maize. But it must be remem- 

 bered that considerable differences are shown by the various 

 varieties of the same type. Asa rule, too, the smaller-grained 

 varieties are more nitrogenous than the larger. 



In good soil crops of from 50 to 80 or even 100 bushels of 

 maize per acre can be obtained. Maize is sometimes grown for 

 forage, being either eaten green or made into ensilage. In 

 both cases it should be cut while still unripe, and before the 

 seed has fully formed. 



Analyses of Maize Silage, 



Millet. — Under this term are included many plants. The 

 following may be mentioned as the most important : Common 

 millet {Panicum miliaceum), grown in America for fodder ; 

 this is an annual. Pearl millet j or Kaffir manna-hoorn {Penni- 

 setum spicatum), also an annual, growing to a height of from 

 three to six feet, bears its seed in a " head " or spike six to 

 ten inches long, and is chiefly used for^rean forage in America. 

 /talian, or golden millet, German millet^ or Hungarian grass, 

 and Japanese millet are varieties of Setaria italica. They have 



