July it will be ready to cut September lo to 15. It also makes a 

 satisfactory green feed for August if sown early jn June, but barn- 

 yard millet is usually preferred, owing to the greater yield. The 

 usual quantity of Hungarian seed is one-half to one bushel to the 

 acre. Clover, or barley and peas, can also be sown on the land from 

 which the oats and peas have been removed. 



This variety of millet (Panicum crus-galli) re- 

 Barnyard Millet, sembles ordinary barnyard grass in its general 

 appearance. It is now quite extensively used 

 as a green feed, especially for August, and the seed can be purchased 

 of all large seed houses. It is not, in the writer's judgment, as satis- 

 factory a feed as corn, containing more woody fiber, and proving 

 somewhat less digestible, especially as it approaches maturity. It is 

 a warm weather plant similar to corn, but will not stand dry weather 

 as well, is a heavy feeder, and will do best upon a warm, moist soil. 

 It makes a very rapid growth when the temperature is high, and it 

 has its place among the desirable forage crops. 



If sown broadcast, 14 quarts of seed are sufficient for one acre. 

 The first seeding may be made May 15 (upon land that has been 

 w^ell harrowed) and covered with a smoothing harrow. Should the 

 weather prove cold during May and early June, the millet will make 

 a slow growth and have a yellow, sickly appearance, but with the 

 advent of a few warm days this condition will be rapidly overcome. 

 A second and third seeding may be made at intervals of 20 and 15 

 days respectively. The first seeding will be ready to cut August i 

 and the other sowing will follow, so that green feed may be secured 

 from this crop during all of August if desired. Cutting should begin 

 even before the heads appear, and can be continued for 10 or 12 

 days. After it is well headed it becomes tough, and animals are 

 likely to refuse a considerable portion of the stem. This variety of 

 millet does not make a satisfactory hay because of its coarseness and 

 the consequent difficulty in drying. An average yield is about 16 

 tons to the acre, although half as much again is occasionally reported 

 by those who have grown it upon fertile, moist soils. 



Corn is par excellence the most satisfactory and economical green 

 feed for late August and for September. The writer generally uses 

 such sweet varieties as Potter's Excelsior and Stowell's Evergreen, 

 while Longfellow, Pride of the North and Rustler White Dent are 



