84 FORAGE CROPS 
“They are not recommended as being valuable as 
a part of the regular rotation, but as catch-crops 
or special crops they have their place. They are 
very depleting to the soil and many have had un- 
satisfactory experience in feeding them to stock. 
. One value of millet lies in the fact that it 
can be sown late; in fact, it must not be sown until 
all danger from frost is over. It develops rapidly, 
and during midsummer is ready to begin cutting 
for forage about thirty days from time of seeding. 
The Hungarian is quicker maturing than the others 
and for late sowing is preferable to either the com- 
mon or the German millet. In such a year as 1894 
or 1895, when many farmers found their hay crop 
a disappointment and were at a loss to know 
how to supplement it, Hungarian or other millets 
would possibly have served the purpose well. 
“The soil should be rich and given thorough 
preparation. Clay soils which are inclined to be 
lumpy require extra precaution in fitting. The 
amount of seed required varies from one-half 
bushel to three pecks per acre, which should be 
harrowed in lightly and rolled. On freshly cleared 
or bottom-land soils it makes a rank growth and is 
available for forage at a time when it is usually 
found necessary to supplement the pastures. 
Though it is a gross feeder, yet this fact may be of 
actual benefit to the kinds of soil just mentioned. 
“When stock is turned in upon a field of green 
