PEARL MILLET 89 
practice may be found to be more successful. If 
cut after making a growth of three or four feet, it 
might make a profitable second crop, the total 
crop being much larger than the larger first reg- 
Fig. 12. 
Pearl millet (Pen- 
nisetum spicatum) 
ular crop and the smaller second 
one. Much has yet to be learned 
concerning the best method of 
handling this plant. 
When in the best condition for 
feeding, Pearl millet contains a rela- 
tively low content of dry matter. 
— Analyses of 
%  ¢crops grown at 
the New Jersey 
Station showed an average of but 
17 per cent of dry matter, with a 
much higher content of crude fiber 
than in Barnyard millet. It may 
be fed in the same way as Barn- 
yard millet, however, both as regards 
the method and the amount. While 
Pearl millet has been recommended 
for hay and for silage, it does not 
possess any superior qualities for 
these uses, corn being a much supe- 
rior plant, both from the standpoint 
of palatability and yield of diges- 
tible material per acre. In the more 
southern states, and in the semi- 
