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Key for Identification of Millet Seeds 



Seeds ovoid, flattened on one side, and inclosed in glumes, usually shiny, 

 from y 1 ,, to 2 X inch in length 



Seed red or pink Siberian Millet 



Seed yellow German Millet 



Seed mostly black Hungarian Grass 



Seed dull brown, outer coverings loose and rough 



Japanese Barnyard Millet 



Seed brownish yellow (varieties of this millet are white and 

 others red) Broomcorn Millet 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are "bottom" grasses? 



2. Compare the use of mixtures in Europe and America. 



3. Is there more reason for using mixtures in pastures and lawns than 



in meadows? 



4. Give the main reasons for mixing timothy and red clover. 



5. What disadvantages in mixing red clover, redtop and orchard-grass 



with timothy for hay? 



6. How does uniformity of soil play a part in determining whether mixt- 



ures should be used or not? 



7. Why is redtop and alsike sometimes mixed with timothy and red 



clover ? 



8. State clearly the four principal reasons for making mixtures of plants 



for seeding pastures. 



9. Which do you consider the most important reason? 



10. Work out a good pasture mixture for your own locality. 



11. What general difference should be made in choosing grasses for a tem- 



porary pasture and a permanent pasture? 



12. What is a supplementary pasture? 



13. What plants may be used? 



14. Kind of plants suitable for a temporary pasture. 



15. Name some of them. 



16. Name the five principal permanent grasses, and give the region and con- 



ditions under which each should be cultivated. 



17. Compare Kentucky and Canada blue-grass. 



18. Compare redtop and Kentucky blue-grass. 



19. Where is brome-grass grown? Bermuda grass? 



20. If blue-grass is the best pasture grass, why do we sow other grasses 



with it? 



21. Study mixtures No. 1 and No. 2 and explain why the changes have been 



made in No. 2. 



22. Name some pasture grasses of secondary importance. 



23. How important are natural grasses? 



24. Are they common in your own neighborhood ? 



25. Is ability to run wild a valuable quality? 



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