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day, and handing it to a merchant on Market street asked him to 

 give it to some good farmer for planting. The merchant gave it to 

 Mr. James Allen, of Williamson county, one of the best millet seed 

 planters in the State. The crop was the admiration of the whole 

 country, and he gave a half bushel to Dr. W. M. Clark. He 

 planted the entire amount, and wrote concerning it so that the seed 

 sold for from three and a half to five dollars a bushel. It has 

 taken precedence of all other varieties. 



Last year the Department at Washington sent out a new variety > 

 called " pearl millet. " It has proved, however, to be a variety 

 that has been planted for many years in the extreme Southern 

 States, and is of but little value unless cut as a green forage. It 

 grows rapidly and is eaten with relish by stock. But if allowed to 

 attain full growth or produce seed, it cannot be eaten, as it becomes 

 woody. It may be cut every six weeks through the season, or 

 when it gets high enough to be reached by a mowing blade. 



We will now give its cultivation in general and its use, which 

 embraces every variety as well as one. 



At one period, it was deemed sufficient food for any stock, with- 

 out the aid of anything else. The fodder was hay and the seed was 

 corn. But later investigations have demonstrated the fact, that 

 when hay ripens to seed, its usefulness as a hay measurably ceases. 

 Were stock fed exclusively on seed-heads, with a sufficiency of 

 good hay, they would thrive exceedingly well, or if the millet is 

 cut while in the flower, or even when the seed is in the milky state, 

 and fed to stock in combination with grain, they would do well. 

 But even then, it is much inferior to oats, timothy, or Herd's grass. 

 Its special recommendation is, that it yields a larger proportion of 

 hay than other grasses. It requires a rich, dry soil, and will stand 

 almost any amount of droughts, seeming to dry up during the heat, 

 but when it rains it will start off with renewed life, and do as well 

 as ever. It makes large quantities of seed per acre, the Hungarian 

 yielded 30 bushels ; the Missouri 40 ; "the Tennessee 50 ; and the 

 German from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. The Hungarian millet is 

 a better hay than either of the others, but its yield is much less. 

 The Tennessee millet perhaps yields more hay than either of the 

 other three, but the Missouri has more reputation as a feed for 

 cattle. Should it be wished, however, to sow for a money crop, it 

 will be far preferable to sow the German millet. The Hungarian 



