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ciently thin unless the seed has first been mixed with 

 some such substance as salt. 



Some kinds of millet, as, for instance, the Jap- 

 anese, ought rather to be sown in drills or rows with 

 space enough between them to admit of horse culti- 

 vation. But when thus sown, the object sought is 

 to obtain fodder rather than pasture. 



When Pearl millet is grown to provide soiling 

 food in the cured form, it should probably be sown 

 in drills (Fig. 23). At the Minnesota University 

 experiment station good results were obtained from 

 growing Pearl millet in rows thirty inches apart, 

 but more experimentation is needed with reference 

 to this question. In the south it may be necessary 

 to have a greater distance between the rows. When 

 sown for pasture it is also probable that Pearl millet 

 will prove more satisfactory if sown in rows and 

 cultivated. It may yet be found that good results 

 w^ill arise from sowing it broadcast and somewhat 

 thinly to give the plants room to tiller. But it could 

 never be thus grown successfully unless on 

 clean land. 



When sown broadcast to provide soiling food 

 or fodder, from two to four pecks of the seed per 

 acre of the small varieties should prove ample. 

 When sown to provide pasture, the amount of seed 

 used should not be less than four pecks. More seed 

 is required on worn land than on a new or rich soil, 

 since in the former- it does not tiller so much. 



When sown in rows for cultivation, a few 

 pounds of seed per acre will suffice. The amount 

 will vary with the distance between tlie rows and 

 the plants in the line of the row, but m no case is 

 the quantity large. At the Minnesota University 



