FOXTAIL MILLETS 



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chloa Italica ; or Setaria 

 Italica of some botanies). 

 By some authorities it is re- 

 garded as a developed form 

 of the common weedy green 

 foxtail grass {Chmtochloa 

 viridis), itself an introduc- 

 tion from the Old World. 

 The German millet is a 

 larger and bushy - headed 

 dark -colored form (Fig. 8) . 

 The Hungarian millet or 

 Hungarian grass ( Chmtochloa 

 Italica, var. Germanica Fig. 

 9), is much like the common 

 millet, but is somewhat 

 taller, more branching, the 

 head usually not nodding and 

 compact. Golden Wonder 

 millet (C. Italica, Fig. 10) is 

 a veiy robust form, reaching 

 six feet, and with compound, 

 drooping, tawny or purplish heads 

 sometimes a foot long. The four 

 foxtail millets above mentioned are 

 the ones that are best known. Ex- 

 cept in time of maturity and yield, 

 they do not differ greatly in agri- 

 cultural value. 



Fig. 8. 



German 



millet. 



Nearly 



natural 



