BROOM-CORN MILLET 91 
Broom-corn millet was included in an experi- 
ment at the New Jersey Station that was designed 
to test the value as forage of a number of plants 
not commonly used in 
the East, and to com- 
pare their yield, com- 
position and usefulness 
with those generally 
grown. Broom-corn 
millet produced a 
large stalk, with 
but little foliage, 
and when fed at 
the time that it 
seemed most use- 
ful for this pur- 
pose (just when 
headed out), it 
was found to 
be unpalatable, 
more than one- 
half being un- 
eaten. In com- 
position, it was 
superior (in yield of dry 
matter) to all of the other 
kinds grown at that time, 
ineluding several varieties 
of maize, kafir corn, millet, 
Fig. 13. Broom-corn 
millet (fanicum 
miliaceum), 
