96 MILLET, SORGHUM, AND FORAGE CROPS 



and the best beans are used as human food, while the 

 inferior grades are fed to animals. Lentils have two 

 small, lens-shaped seeds in each pod. They are grown 

 only to a very small extent in this country. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What is the chief use of millet in Asia? 



2. What is the principal use of millet in this country ? 



3. What are the most common kinds of millet? 



4. What sorghum plants are raised in this country ? 



5. In addition to clover and alfalfa, what other leguminous 

 plants are raised for forage ? 



REFERENCES 



Farmers' Bulletins: 101, Millets; 164, Rape as a forage 

 crop;' 224, Canadian field peas; 278, Leguminous crops for 

 green manuring; 318, Cowpeas; 322, Milo as a dry-land crop; 

 372, Soy beans ; 441, Lespedeza, or Japan clover; 515, Vetches. 



