200 FORAGE CROPS. 



experiment station six pounds of seed were found 

 ample to sow one acre with Pearl millet when the 

 rows were thirty inches apart. The seed may be 

 sown with the ordinary press grain drill. 



The covering given to millet seed ought to be 

 light. If the roller is run over the ground before 

 the seed is sown, it will be buried to a more uniform 

 depth, especially when it is sown broadcast. And 

 with soils that do not lift with the wind it will be 

 advantageous to use the roller again soon after the 

 seed is sown, when moisture is not present in suffi- 

 cient quantity. Since millet is sown somewhat late 

 in the season, every care should be taken to conserve 

 ample moisture to give the crop a good start. 



Cultivation. — When millet has been sown 

 broadcast, it would not be possible to run even a 

 light harrow over the ground after the seed has 

 germinated without injuring some of the young 

 plants. And yit there may be conditions when the 

 ground is so filled with weed seeds near the surface 

 that harrowing the crop thus would result in an 

 increased yield of millet. The aim should be to 

 clean the soil as far as possible on the surface before 

 sowing the millet. But when the seed has been 

 buried with the drill it would be advantageous to 

 run a light harrow over the surface with the teeth 

 much aslant, just before the young plants have 

 appeared. The after cultivation suitable for millet 

 that has been thus planted is about the same as that 

 which would be suitable for corn (see Page 22). 

 But in the case of Pearl millet cut for soiling food 

 or even grazed down, the cultivation could be pro- 

 longed till toward the end of the season. Cultiva- 

 tion given just after the plants had been eaten down 



