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CHAPTER XIII. SORGHUMS 260 



Sorghum (Andropogon sorghum) : Botany ; Agricultural 

 History ; Adaptations ; Root System ; Agricultural Groups ; 

 Importance ; Culture ; Time of Sowing ; Seeding in Rows ; 

 Seeding Broadcast ; Number of Cuttings ; Yields of For- 

 age ; Seed ; Agricultural Varieties ; Seed-production ; Utili- 

 zation ; Soilage ; Fodder ; Hay ; Silage ; Sorghum and 

 Legume Mixtures ; Pasture Value ; Poisoning ; Diseases ; 

 Insect Pests ; Sorghum Improvement. Sudan-grass (An- 

 dropogon sorghum var.) : Description; Adaptations; Cul- 

 ture; Utilization; Hay; Hay Mixtures ; Chemical Analysis ; 

 Seed-production. 



CHAPTER XIV. MILLETS AND OTHER ANNUAL GRASSES . 285 



The Principal Millets. Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica} : 

 Botany ; Agricultural History ; Adaptations ; Importance ; 

 Agricultural Varieties ; Seeding ; Hay ; Feeding Value ; Si- 

 lage from Foxtail Millet ; Injurious Effects ; Seed-produc- 

 tion ; Seed ; Diseases and Insects. Japanese Barnyard 

 Millet (Echinochloa frumentacea) . Broom-corn Millet 

 (Panicum miliaceum). Comparative Hay Yields in Pounds 

 to the Acre of Different Millets at Several Experiment Sta- 

 tions. Shama Millet (Echinochloa colona or Panicum colo- 

 num). Ragi, Finger-millet or Coracan (Eleusine coracana}. 



Texas Millet (Panicum texanum). Cereals for Hay. 

 Chess or Cheat (Bromus secalinus). Canary-grass (Pha- 

 laris canariensis}. Penicillaria (Pennisetum glaucum). 

 Teosinte (Euchlcena mexicana). 



CHAPTER XV. ALFALFA ........ 305 



Agricultural History. Origin of the Common Names. 

 Heat Relations. Cold Relations. Humidity Relations. 

 Soil Relations. Distribution of the Alfalfa Crop. Botan- 

 ical Varieties of Alfalfa. Cultivated Varieties of Alfalfa. 

 Importance of the Varieties. Influence of Source of Seed. 



Comparison of Regional Strains. Important Character- 

 istics of Alfalfa. Life Period. Roots. Relations to Soil 

 Moisture. Seedlings. Rootstocks. Shoots. Relative 

 Proportion of Leaves, Stems and Roots. Seed-bed. In- 

 oculation. Rate of Seeding. Time of Seeding. Method 

 of Seeding. Nurse-crops. Clipping. Winter-killing. 



