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millet for the first time, or a heavy feed is given, 

 there is danger that serious results may follow. 

 Animals not accustomed to green forage should 

 not at first be allowed a full feed of any green 

 crop, especially millet, but should be given only a 

 part ration of the green material. If allowed to 

 gorge themselves, serious results may follow. If it 

 is desired that the animals be turned upon the 

 crop to pasture, this should be done only after their 

 appetite has been partly appeased by other food. 



"Millet hay is not in popular favor, owing to 

 the fatal results which, in some cases, have fol- 

 lowed its use. Just why these unsatisfactory 

 results sometimes follow does not seem to be clear. 

 In feeding it to horses, caution should be observed 

 and the millet hay used in conjunction with some 

 other coarse fodder. Much of the value of millet 

 hay seems to depend upon the time of cutting, 

 which should be done soon after blossoming." 



PEARL OR CAT-TAIL MILLET (Fig. 11, 12) 



This millet is highly recommended over a wide 

 range of country. It is a summer plant, a rank 

 grower, attains a great height when mature, — 

 seven to nine feet, — and produces an enormous 

 quantity of forage. The Penicillaria and Maud's 

 Wonder millets are of this same species {Pennise- 

 tum spicatum). 



