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to 20 or 30 bushels. Japanese foxtail is a good 

 yielding variety and when carefully grown in the 

 same land as the preceding variety yields all the 

 way from 40 to 55 bushels to the acre. Japanese 

 broom corn millet gives a very heavy seed, but does 

 not yield as much as the others. In the neighbor- 

 hood of 30 bushels is considered a fair average for 

 average soils. The German millet yields about the 

 same as the Japanese foxtail millet. 



^^llile any of the millets are excellent as feed, 

 caution must be observed when used as such. They 

 should be fed sparingly and in combination with 

 other foods. Their laxative action when green af- 

 fects the digestive organs and if fed in too large 

 quantities, disorders and disturbances arise. The 

 seeds, when well formed, produce an injurious 

 effect on the kidneys of the horse. 



As a farm crop, millet has its place. While not 

 generally used as a fixed crop in a fixed rotation 

 system, it can frequently be employed with great 

 satisfaction and profit. When the pasture and hay 

 crops are short for any reason these can be easily 

 supplemented by growing millet. Millet is fortunate 

 in being usually free from fungous pests and in- 

 sects. Whenever any of the fungous diseases or 

 insects are found, they do little damage to the crop. 



MILO MAIZE. — A non-saccharine sorghum. 

 The plant tillers abundantly and produces tall, 

 slender and succulent leaf stalks. The seed is in 

 a compact sorghum-like head. Two varieties are 

 cultivated: the white Milo and the yellow Milo. 

 The first demands a long growing season to reach 

 maturity, but the yellow is rather early. The habit 

 of growth is erect and a great height is attained. 

 The plants produce an abundance of leaves, all of 



