PEARL MILLET 



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practice may be found to be more successful. If 

 cut after making a growth of three or four feet, it 

 might make a profitable second crop, the total 

 crop being much larger than the larger first reg- 

 ular crop and the smaller second 

 one. Much has yet to be learned 

 |:;^ concerning the best method of 

 handling this plant. 



When in the best condition for 

 feeding, Pearl millet contains a rela- 

 tively low content of dry matter. 

 Analyses of 

 crops grown at 

 the New Jersey 

 Station showed an average of but 

 17 per cent of dry matter, with a 

 much higher content of crude fiber 

 than in Barnyard millet. It may 

 be fed in the same way as Barn- 

 yard millet, however, both as regards 

 the method and the amount. While 

 Pearl millet has been recommended 

 for hay and for silage, it does not 

 possess any superior qualities for 

 these uses, corn being a much supe- 

 rior plant, both from the standpoint 

 of palatability and yield of diges- 

 Fig. 12. tible material per acre. In the more 

 Pearl millet {Pen- gQuthem statcs, and in the semi- 



fiisetuyn spicatum) 



