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grass, our most familiar weed, but they are larger and more 
valuable for hay. To this class belong common millet, 
Hungarian grass, German millet, and Siberian millet. 
(b) Broom Corn Millets. — These are so named _ because 
the head resembles that of broom corn, from which brooms 
are made. It is in the form 
of an open panicle with long 
branches. Hog millet is a 
variety of broom corn millet 
that has become somewhat 
popular in the Northwest. 
(c) Japanese Millets. — 
The principal variety of this 
class is the barnyard millet, 
which is derived from the 
common weed known as 
barnyard grass, and resem- 
bles it. 
NATIVE PRAIRIE GRASSES 
These are found chiefly 
on land that has never been 1.4 German Millet, a foxtail millet. 
broken, having established Center— Barnyard Millet, a Japanese 
themselves there in the re- millet. Right— Hog Millet, a broom 
: corn millet. 
mote past in the same way 
as the wild flowers and-native trees. Plants that maintain 
themselves in a given locality for a long period of years, and 
without the help of man, must be particularly well adapted 
to the soil and climate. Good native grasses are therefore 
very desirable, and to a limited extent a few kinds have been 
used for seeding cultivated fields. Unfortunately, however, 
the seeds of most of these native grasses are so light or so few 
Types oF MILLET 
