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semi-arid regions row culture is sometimes used, especially 

 with the larger varieties like German millet. A well- 

 prepared, firm seed bed is best, but sometimes millets are 

 sown, with very little soil preparation, as on disked corn 

 stubble. 



The seed should not be sown until the ground is warm, 

 not earlier as a rule than two or three weeks after the usual 

 time for planting corn. From this time on, millet may 

 be sown at any time in summer if there is sufficient mois- 

 ture and time enough before frost to mature. The least 

 touch of frost is fatal to millet. Under the most favorable 

 circumstances a crop of millet may be cut in 40 to 50 days 

 after seeding. Towards the end of the season from 60 

 to 90 days must be allowed. 



350. Seeding. The rate of seeding recommended by 

 different authorities ranges from 2 to 4 pecks to the acre. 

 Crozier on the basis of trials at the Michigan Experiment 

 Station concludes that 2 pecks is the best for Hungarian 

 and common millets on ordinary soils. 



For seed-production, however, thin seedings are best 

 and 1 peck to the acre is usually recommended. Under 

 semi-arid conditions millets for seed-production are some- 

 times grown in cultivated rows. 



At the Ontario Agricultural College three millets were 

 sown at six different dates for five years. Japanese 

 broom-corn millet yielded best when sown June 1 ; 

 Japanese barnyard millet, when sown June 16 ; and Hun- 

 garian millet when sown July 1. 



351. Hay. Millet should be cut for hay just after 

 blooming, but for cattle and sheep it may be left until the 

 seed are in the late milk stage of development. 



The quality of hay produced is rather inferior, especially 

 if allowed to become too ripe before it is cut. No danger 



