CHAPTER V 



MILLETS AND TEOSINTE 



Among the summer -growing forage plants, the 

 millets have long been prominent. There are sev- 

 eral distinct kinds of millets, belonging to different 

 genera of the grass family. The Barnyard millet 

 is Paniciim Cnis-galU, an improved form of the 

 common weedy barnyard grass. The Hungarian 

 and German millets belong to the group of foxtail 

 grasses of the genus Setaria or Chaetochloa, a 

 type of weedy late summer grass known as pigeon- 

 grass and foxtail grass. The Pearl millet is a 

 Pennisetum (P. spicatum). Another group of 

 millets is of the genus Panicum (forms of P. mil- 

 iaceum). The Broom- corn millet (not the same 

 as the broom -corn grown for brooms) is of this 

 species. The term Japanese millet is often used, 

 but it has little significance for there are Japanese 

 forms of several kinds of millets; it is oftenest 

 used for the Barnyard group. It will be seen, 

 therefore, that the term millet includes a number 

 of plants very unlike botanically; but they are all 

 similar in being grassy summer- growing plants 

 suitable for haymaking as well as for green forage. 



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