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Fic. 76. German Millet. (Setaria ¥ic.77.—Yellow Fox- Fie. 78.—Italian Millet. 
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ranging from Montana southward to Texas and westward to California. Grows 
in dry, thin soil, and is of no agricultural value. 
Secale cereale Linn. Rye. 
n annual, 4 to 6 feet high, with flat leaves and a terminal, somewhat flattened, 
bearded spike 4 to 6 inches long. The rye crop of the United States in 1895 
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largely used for making bread. It is pica ies used in this country 
for that purpose, being chiefly employed in the manufacture of malt liquors. 
The straw, which is longer than that of — grains, and more uniform in size 
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valued for fodder, but when green it is esteemed as a forage plant, and is some- 
imes sown for this purpose in the Southern States, cattle being allowed to graze 
it during the fall and winter months. For winter grazing it should be sown 
upon well-prepared land early in August, when it will be ready to pasture or to 
eut sees in the latter part of October, and may be grazed throughout the 
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Setaria germanica. (See Setaria italica.) 
Setaria glauca Beauv. Yellow Foxtail; Bottle-grass Foxtail. (Fig. 77.) 
An erect annual, 1 to 2 feet high, with flat leaves, and a bristly, cylindrieal, spike- 
like, densely flo wered pente ele t to 3 inches long. This grass is is widely di di stribn- 
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