FOXTAIL MILLETS 
chloa Italica; or Setaria 
Italica of some botanies). 
By some authorities it is re- 
garded as a developed form 
of the common weedy green 
foxtail grass (Chetochloa 
viridis), itself an introduc- 
tion from the Old World. 
The German millet is a 
larger and _ bushy - headed 
dark-colored form (Fig. 8). 
The Hungarian millet or 
Hungarian grass (Chetochloa 
Italica, var. Germanica Fig. 
9), is much like the common 
millet, but is somewhat 
taller, more branching, the 
head usually not nodding and 
compact. Golden Wonder 
millet (C. Italica, Fig. 10) is 
a very robust form, reaching 
six feet, and with compound, 
drooping, tawny or purplish heads 
sometimes a foot long. The four 
foxtail millets above mentioned are 
the ones that are best known. 
cept in time of maturity and yield, 
they do not differ greatly in agri- 
cultural value. 
Fig. 8. 
German 
millet. 
Nearly 
natural 
size. 
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