114 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
Hungarian grass, and is deservedly popular in Texas, 
Oklahoma, and Kansas. A great deal of the seed of 
German millet is grown in Tennessee, and Tennessee- 
grown seed has a very high reputation in the markets. 
The seed of this variety is yellow, and is considerably 
smaller than that of common millet. In shape the 
Southern-grown seed is round, but when taken North 
and sown the seed produced there assumes the oval 
shape of common millet seed. For this reason there 
has been considerable confusion among Northern seeds- 
men concerning the identity of these two varieties. 
Northern-grown millet seed is somewhat earlier than 
the Southern grown, but not nearly so early as com- 
mon millet. German millet came into prominence 
about 1875. 
The variety known as Golden Wonder has been 
grown quite generally during the past few years. It 
originated in Minnesota in 1884. Itresembles German 
millet more closely than it does either of the other two 
prominent varieties, but is not so drouth-resistant. It 
is noted for the large size of its heads. It is a late 
variety, resemblirig German millet in this respect, as 
well as in its tendency to produce only one stem from 
each seed. 
BRooM-CORN MILLETS.—Of the numerous varie- 
ties of this group of grasses, only a few have been tried 
on an extensive scale in this country. They differ 
from the foxtail millets in many important particulars. 
The stems are much larger, not so tall, and the head, 
as seen in Fig. 22, is not cylindrical. ‘The seed is also 
much larger and of a different shape. Most of the 
varieties introduced into this country are much earlier 
