194 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. 



as other green food, in the pasture, paddock, yard, 

 feed rack or stable mangers. It is better not to 

 allow the crop to wilt overmuch before being fed. 

 But wilting millet of a growth rank and coarse in 

 character will add to its palatability. There is vir- 

 tually no danger from feeding it green. 



If two kinds of millet which mature at different 

 periods are sown separately and at the same time, the 

 period of feeding will be prolonged. The same end 

 may be attained by sowing the same sort with an 

 interval of three to four weeks between the periods 

 of sowing the seed. The period for feeding green 

 millet may thus without difficulty be made to em- 

 brace from six to eight weeks except where the sea- 

 son of growth is very short. When the season of 

 growth is long, the period of feeding may be pro- 

 longed accordingly. But care should be taken to 

 harvest millet before the autumn frosts arrive, as it 

 is easily injured by frost. 



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