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A MANUAL OF FARM GRASSES 



ties around the spikelets,Setaria, from the Latin seta, a 

 bristle, and Chaetochloa, from the Greek chaeta, a bris- 

 tle, and chloa, grass. The specific name 

 is a geographical adjective referring to 

 Italy, a country where millet was much 

 grown. 



Foxtail Grass. — Allied to the culti- 

 vated millet are two wild species that 

 have been introduced into this country 

 and are now common weeds in the East- 

 ern States. One, with a cylindrical yel- 

 low head, is yellow foxtail; the other, 

 with a slightly tapering head, is green 

 foxtail. Both are called, in some local- 

 ities, pigeon grass. It is sometimes diffi- 

 cult to distinguish green foxtail from 

 depauperate specimens of millet. If the 

 ripe head of green foxtail is rubbed be- 

 tween the fingers to shatter the seed, 



the spikelets fall off with the glumes 

 27. Hungarian ,. , , _. . .,, . 



Grass. A single surroundmg the seed. If ripe millet is 



seed head. treated in the same manner the seed 



falls out free from the glumes. 



PROSO MILLET 



Proso or proso millet is commonly grown in Europe 

 and western Asia, the seeds being used for food. In this 

 country it is grown to a limited extent for forage and 

 sometimes for the seed which is used for hogs. Although 

 proso can be grown successfully in many parts of the 

 United States, it has not been received with much favor 



