296 FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



360. COMPARATIVE HAY YIELDS IN POUNDS TO THE ACRE OF 

 DIFFERENT MILLETS AT SEVERAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



361. Shama millet (Echinochloa colona) is a native 

 of India where it is more or less cultivated for human 

 food, but it is now generally spread through the tropics 

 and in the warmer parts of the temperate zone. It is 

 not uncommon in the southern portion of the United 

 States, especially the southwest and in Mexico. It has 

 a general resemblance to barnyard millets, but is much 

 smaller in every way. The panicle is narrow and open 

 and the spikelets unawned. The grass has been tested at 



