BROOM-CORN MILLET 



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Broom- corn millet was included in an experi- 

 ment at the New Jersey Station that was designed 

 to test the value as forage of a number of plants 

 not commonly used in 

 the East, and to com- 

 pare their yield, com- 

 position and usefulness 

 with those generally 

 grown . Broom -corn 

 millet produced a 

 large stalk, with 

 but little foliage, 

 and when fed at 

 the time that it 

 seemed most use- 

 ful for this pur- 

 pose (just when 

 headed out), it 

 was found to 

 be unpalatable, 

 more than one- 

 half being un- 

 eaten . In com- 

 position, it was 

 superior (in yield of dry 

 matter) to all of the other 

 kinds grown at that time, 

 including several varieties 

 of maize, kafir corn, millet, 



Fig. 13. Broom-corn 

 millet (Panicum 

 miliaceum) , 



