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roots. It does very well in the light soils of the coast plain, and perhaps everywhere 1 

 in the pine region where there is a clay foundation. The growth of this grass during 

 the early part of the season is much retarded by the chilly nights and spells of con- 

 tiuued cold weather. It is only after the advent of settled warm weather that it 

 enters upon its period of more vigorous growth. 



Four cuttings may be taken during the season. 



Plants intended for seed are left undisturbed, and grow to a height of 18 or 20 feet, 

 ripening in October. Great trouble in securing the seed is caused by the ravages of 

 numerous birds. 



The fodder obtained from the repeated cuttings, on account of its succulence, is 

 difficult to cure, and in damp weather almost impossible. To cure dry fodder for 

 winter use the plauts are, after the second cutting, left to grow until towards the end 

 of the season, when, having obtained a height of 12 to 15 feet, and before opening 

 their flowers, the stalks are cut and placed on end in small shocks. After being 

 sufficiently dried they are placed upright under an airy shed or barn, protected 

 from the damp. In that way sufficient ventilation is secured to prevent heating and 

 molding, and to keep the fodder sweet and palatable. The fodder is said to be pre- 

 ferred by all kinds of live stock to any other fodder or hay. As to its nutritious value 

 as compared with corn fodder opinions differ. The seeds are planted in spring in 

 beds, which can be covered over during cool nights, and from these are transferred, 

 when 8 to 10 inches in height, to the field, and thereafter treated in the same manner 

 as corn. 



J. B. Darthit, Denver, S. C: 



It grows here very well, and matures seed since it has become acclimated. I have 

 never planted anything for forage that yielded a finer crop, but as it is very exhaustiv 

 to the land and is not of very great value for feed, I have quit raising it. 



James H. Fowles, Orangeburg Court House, S. 0. : 



It is little grown here, but gives a large yield, and stands drought well. If planted 

 late it fails to mature seed, but it does mature them in less time now than when first 

 introduced. It is not very highly thought of, pearl millet being superior for cutting 

 green, and araber sorghum better for seed, as well as for feeding in the dry state. 



William B. McDaniel, Faceville, Ga. : 



Millo Maize grows finely, I believe, all over Georgia. While green and growing 

 my stock would not eat it, but last fall after frost my oxen ate it greedily, eating the 

 heads and blades, the stalk being too tough. 



E. W. Jones, Buena Yista, Miss. : 



It does finely here, and makes splendid green feed, and may be cut for that purpose 

 about three times a year, but stock do not relish it much after it is dry. 



H. D. Shaw, Oarrollton, Miss. : 



Milo Maize (yellow variety) is the most profitable forage plant that can be raised 

 in Mississippi. The seeds mature, and are excellent stock food. It grows luxuriantly 

 in all portions of the State. The white variety does not yield so well, though this 

 year I harvested 2-£ tons of cured hay of the white variety from 1 acre of poor hill 

 land that would not have made to exceed 8 bushels of corn. The white variety does 

 not mature its seed in this latitude. 



Leonard A. Heil, San Antonio, Tex. : 



Seed of this forage plant has been distributed in this section, and planted by quite 

 a number of intelligent men, who pronounce it inferior to the common sorghum or to 

 corn fodder, stock leaving it to go to either of them. It seeds very profusely, but, 

 as poultry is not an object among the ranchmen, it has no value in that direction. 



