FCJRAGE CROPS 



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the plot, Fig. 7, grows 

 more stalwart and erect, 

 as well as taller than the 

 others. The seed head 

 has many divisions, but 

 they stand very erect. 

 This variety has been the 

 heaviest yielder each year. 

 The present season, about 

 one acre was grown, which 

 has been saved for seed. 

 These new Japanese 

 millets are, we believe, a 



Fig. 6. — Plot of Panicum Italicum. (Plot stake ,,„i„„ui„ ^ • •4.' 



,. , , ^ valuable acquisition to 



2 feet high.) ^ 



our forage crops, on ac- 

 count of the brief period necessary for their growth and the 

 fact that they can, to some extent, take the place of either hay 

 or corn in seasons when the latter are failures. 





BRAZILIAN OR STOOLING FLOUR CORN 



This corn was grown in a test plot in 1897, and grew to a 

 height of ten feet. It was just in blossom when cut in Septem- 

 ber, making it too 

 late for this cli- 

 mate. The plot 

 looks like, and is 

 similar to, those 

 varieties of corn 

 that are very pro- 

 lific in suckers. 

 Where it matures, 

 it is said to produce 

 a white grain, suit- 

 able for domestic 

 uses when ground. 

 Its yield of fodder 

 was at the rate of 



20 tons per acre. Fig. 7.— Plot of Panicum crus-galli. (Plot stake 2 feet high.) 



