MILLETS 



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 After 



by the third season the field will be set to timothy, 

 that time the land is ready for a crop of another kind. 



Grasses should be given the same attention as small-seeded 

 legumes in regard to 

 preparation of the seed 

 bed, quality of seed, and 

 sowing. 



MILLETS 



Millets are annual 

 plants grown as the 

 chief hay crop in the 

 Central Western States. 

 They are both heat and 

 drought resistant and 

 therefore are well 

 adapted to this region. 

 Owing to their short 

 growing period, they are 

 sometimes used in other 

 sections of the country to 

 furnish hay when the 

 regular hay crops fail. 



Among the most important kinds of millets are common 

 or foxtail millet, German, and Hungarian millet. Broom 

 corn and pearl millets are grown in some places. 



Millets yield well when grown under favorable conditions. 

 The procedure of seeding and handling the crop is similar 

 to that followed for other grasses. The time of cutting, 

 however, is especially important. Millet should be cut at 

 that stage of growth when the blossoms appear. Late cutting 



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Varieties of Kafir. 



A. White. B. Guinea. 

 C. Blackball. D. Red. (U.S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture.) 



