FOXTAILS, PEARL MILLET 85 
millet for the first time, or a heavy feed is given, 
there is danger that serious results may follow. 
Animals not accustomed to green forage should 
not at first be allowed a full feed of any green 
crop, especially millet, but should be given only a 
part ration of the green material. If allowed to 
gorge themselves, serious results may follow. If it 
is desired that the animals be turned upon the 
crop to pasture, this should be done only after their 
appetite has been partly appeased by other food. 
“Millet hay is not in popular favor, owing to 
the fatal results which, in some cases, have fol- 
lowed its use. Just why these unsatisfactory 
results sometimes follow does not seem to he clear. 
In feeding it to horses, caution should be observed 
and the millet hay used in conjunction with some 
other coarse fodder. Much of the value of millet 
hay seems to depend upon the time of cutting, 
which should be done soon after blossoming.” 
PEARL OR CAT-TAIL MILLET (Fig. 11, 12) 
This millet is highly recommended over a wide 
range of country. It is a summer plant, a rank 
grower, attains a great height when mature,— 
seven to nine feet,—and produces an enormous 
quantity of forage. The Penicillaria and Mand’s 
Wonder millets are of this same species (Pennise- 
tum spicatum). | 
