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A PAGE Or MILLETS 



Photograph or test of Millets at our Floracroft Trial 

 Gardens. Note the difference. The tall, leafy sort on the 

 right of the man is the Genuine Southern Grown. The 

 one on his left is Common 'Western Millet. 



Very Important to Buyers of flillet 



Common Millet is offered and sold by many dealers as 

 German Millet. 



The seed bears sufficient resemblance to German Millet 

 to deceive inexperienced purchasers, and to make the prices 

 asked by otherhouses for the true German Millet seem 

 unreasonable. 



*SS"Do not buy German Millet without the distinct and 

 positive assurance that it is Southern Grown Seed. 



The Difference between German Millet 

 and Common Millet 



In the North, millet is sown almost altogether for hay, 

 and for that purpose Southern Grown German Millet is much 

 belter than Common jyliliet. It grows taller than does that from 

 Northern seed, and thai means more hay. It is finer than 

 that from Northern seed and that means better hay. In 

 fact, it is our judgment, based on an experience of many 

 years. that a farmer would better, from the standpoint of profit 

 alone, pay 82.00 a bush, for true Southern Grown German 

 Millet than to sow the best Northern Millet as a gift. Millet 

 seed produced in the North, even from Southern seed, be- 

 comes what we call Common Millet. Not only does the 

 plant change in character, becoming coarser and much more 

 dwarf, but the seed itself shows a change and is readily dis- 

 tinguished by those experienced in handling it. 



German or Golden Millet 

 (Southern Grown) 



Southern grown German or Golden Millet Seed is far 

 superior, both in quality and yield, to Western or Northern 

 grown seed. When properly grown and handled, it makes an 

 enormous yield of nutritious feed, succeeding in almost any 

 soil. Sow in May or June, one bushel to the acre. Price 

 varies with the market. Qt., 10c; bush., about 50 lbs., 81.75. 



Hungarian Millet 



The most popular annual millet, yielding two or three 

 tons of hay per acre. Sow 1% bushels to the acre in May or 

 June. Price varies. Qt., 10c; bush., 48 lbs., about 81.50. 



Pearl Millet, or Pencillaria 



For several years we have been experimenting with all 

 the known forage plants and have found nothing superior to 

 Pearl Millet either in enormous growth or quality. It has 

 produced the most abundantly and can be cut several times 

 during the season. The United States Agricultural Depart- 

 ment has also made numerous experiments and with about 

 the same results as those at Floracroft. If you grow green 

 forage, try East Indian or Pearl Millet, and you will find 

 there is nothing better. Drill in 2 feet rows, 10 lbs. to the 

 acre. By mail, postpaid, per pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c; 

 bv freight or express, lb., 20c; 10 lbs. (enough for one acre), 

 $1.00; bush, of 50 lbs., $4.50. 



Siberian or 

 Russian Millet 



A new and produc- 

 tive forage plant from 

 Russia, which has given 

 excellent results in the 

 United States and is 

 rapidly becoming most 

 popular. It is extremely 

 hardy, withstands 

 drought and is about 

 two weeks earlier than 

 German Millet. Grows 

 4 to 5 five feet in height, 

 ranker, and produces 

 more leaves than either 

 the Hungarian or Ger- 

 man Millet. Its stooling 

 properties are remark- 

 able, forty-one stalks 

 having been grown from 

 one seed. The leaves 

 start close to the ground 

 and continue nearly to 

 the top of the stem, are 

 wide and tender, making 

 it preferable to all other 

 millets for hay. Yield of 

 hay is one-third to one- 

 half more per acre than 

 Hungarian and German ; 

 the hay is softer when 

 cured, greener in color 

 and preferred by all 

 stock, being very nutri- 

 tious and fattening. Sow 

 in May or June, 15 to 25 

 lbs. to the acre. Lb., 25c; 

 3 lbs., 60c, postpaid, by 

 mail; by freight or ex- 

 press, 10 lbs., 75c; bush, 

 of 50 lbs., 82.00; 2 hush, 

 and over, 81.75 per bush. 



Japanese 

 Barnyard Millet 



A wonderful and val- 

 uable new forage plant 

 introduced into this coun- 

 try by Prof. Brooks, of 

 the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion. Has proven an enor- 

 mous yielder in all sec- 

 tions of the United States 

 — hay and fodder of excel- 

 lent qualitv growing 6 to 8 

 feet in height and yield- sibebian millet. 



ing 12 to 20 tons per acre. Cattle and horses eat it greedily. 

 Sow in May and j one broadcast, 10 to 12 lbs. per acre (it stools 

 remarkably), or in drills, 8 lbs. per acre. Prices: By mail, 

 postpaid, per lb., 30c; 3 lbs, 75c; bv express or freight, lb. 

 20c; lOlbs., 81.00; bush, of 30 lbs., 82.00; bag of 2 bush, for 83.50. 



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JAPANESE MILLET IX MASSACHUSETTS FIELD FBOM WHICH 



OCB SEED WAS SAVED BY THE IXTBODTJCEB. 



