92 FORAGE CROPS 
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Fig. 14. Seeds or grains of Broom-corn millet. 
sorghum and teosinte. The yield was sixteen 
and two-thirds tons of green forage per acre, 
which contained 7,637 pounds of dry matter, or 
practically twice as much dry matter as was con- 
tained in the yield of either red or white kafir 
corn. Its composition was such as to furnish 
nearly 700 pounds of protein per acre, or more 
than any other of the plants generally grown, and 
again more than twice as much as the kafir corn. 
From the standpoint of yield of dry matter and 
of total nutrients, the Broom-corn millet compared 
very favorably with the varieties of maize usually 
grown for forage, yet because of lack of palata- 
bility it could not be used for the purpose. It 
possesses promising characteristics, in particular 
its power of gathering plant-food; and further 
experiments may show it to be a valuable plant 
for silage in regions where corn does not develop. 
