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hay, for when cut at this stage it is not only worthless for forage' or hay 

 but the abundance of seed renders it dangerous for feeding to horses, as it 

 will affect their kidneys in a very marked degree. The hay is cured and 

 treated in the same way as timothy hay but a little more time is required 

 to cure it properly. The less millet is exposed to the sun after it is cut 

 the better will be the hay. The yield of hay on very fertile well prepared 

 land, is as much as three to five tons per acre. 



For raising seed run light parallel rows three feet apart and drill the 

 seed with a tin cup or an oyster can having three or four holes punched in 

 the bottom with an eight penny nail. Walk rapidly holding the cup over 

 a row and the seed will be distributed about thick enough. Cover 

 slightly and when the seed germinates and before it comes up run over 

 the land with a light harrow. Cultivate between the rows with a double 



Millets. 



1. Italian or Common Millet. 2. Hungarian Millet. 3. German or Golden 

 Millet (varieties of Italian.) (U. S. Dept. Agric.) 



shovel plow, one plowing being all that is necessary. The millet should 

 be thinned to a mere thread of plants. Cut when the seed is in the 

 dough state with a self-binding reaper. Put the bundles in shocks and 

 thresh when the heads are thoroughly dry. The yield is frequently from 

 30 to 40 bushels of choice seed to the acre. 



Italian millet, and indeed every kind of millet, is very exhausting to 

 the soil, especially if the seed is permitted to ripen. 



This grass is of great value to tlie renter who has rarely the oppor- 

 tunity of continuing in possession of the land long enough to sow a 

 meadow and reap the benefit of it. But for the proprietor who has suita- 



