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GEBMAN MILLET. — Of all the Millets this is the best. It 

 makes good hay, and produces heavily. Three pecks sown to the 

 acre broadcast secures a good stand. Can be sown from April till 

 .June, but the former month is the best time. Should be cut when 

 in bloom. Recommended for this climate. 



FEABL OB CATTAIL MILLET. — Makes a splendid continuous 

 cutting forage plant for either green feed or hay, and is in- 

 creasing in popularity all through the country. It will grow ten 

 to twelve feet high, but cutting can commence when it has 

 attained a height of three to four feet, when it will stool out, 

 enormously and make a rapid growth, and it can be cut this way 

 three or four times in a season. It can be fed either green or 

 cured as dry forage, making a most nutritious feed, which is 

 relished by all kinds of stock. It is largely used by dairymen and 

 others who have cattle for furnishing them green feed all through 

 the Summer, as, if a sufficient quantity is sown, it can be cut as 

 desired, furnishing a daily supply of green food until killed by 

 freezing weather. Sow 5 pounds of seed per acre in drill three 

 feet apart, or sown broadcast at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds per 

 acre. 



JAPANESE BABI7-7ABD MILLET, OB BILLION DOLLAB 

 GBASS. — This wonderful forage plant is a recent introduction 

 from Japan. The name Billion Dollar Grass has been given it 

 because of its enormous yields and great value. It is now being 

 grown over the greater part of the United States. Two and three 

 crops of hay can be cut from one seeding. Grows four to six 

 feet tall, stools like wheat or oats. Seed may be sown any time 

 in August and make a crop of hay. By beginning sowing early 

 in the season and sowing the first of every month up to Septem- 

 ber, for the Southern States, we can have fine soiling crops all 

 through our hot Summer months. The seed are highly valuable 

 for poultry and for stock of all kinds. One-half bushel per acre. 



SIBEBIAN MILLET. — This plant comes from Russia. This is 

 the earliest known Millet. Should be sown early and continue 

 sowing at intervals any time during the season when it will afford 

 an abundance of green forage as well as making a fine crop of 

 hay. This Millet has been successfully grown from the Gulf of 

 Mexico to Manitoba. Siberian Millet belongs to the family of 

 Foxtail Millet. Many growers claim that it is from two to three 

 weeks earlier than German Millet. Half bushel per acre. 



EUNGABIAN MILLET. — This Millet makes a valuable crop on 

 rich soil, especially on low lands. It is considered very nutritious. 

 It is important in buying Millet, as well as other seeds, to get the 

 true seed. Sow in this climate from the latter part of April to the 

 end of July, at the rate of 1 bushel to the acre. 



German Millet. 



TEOSINTE. — (Beana or Eachloena Lnzorians.) — 



One of the most luxuriant growing forage plants 

 introduced, of South American origin, and one which 

 in point of growth and amount of nourishing foli- 

 age excels any other forage plant known. In good 

 soil and with proper cultivation it will throw up 

 from 15 to 30 stalks on one plant to a height of from 

 10 to 12 feet, densely covered with foliage. In order 

 to be successful with Teosinte it should be sown in 

 drills as early as the beginning of March, as it takes 

 generally from 14 to 20 days before the seed germi- 

 nates. In this manner a good stand may be had at 

 the beginning of April. For green fodder Teosinte 

 may be cut three or four times during the season, 

 but then it should not be allowed to grow any taller 

 than three or four feet. In cutting it is advisable 

 to cut it clean to the ground, as this will insure a 

 heavier growth than when cut too high. Teosinte 

 in its own native country is a perennial, but with 

 us it is invariably killed during Winter and may 

 therefore be considered an annual. The seed, which 

 we have on hand, is imported, as in our climate it 

 will never produce any. Two pounds per acre. 



JOHNSON GBASS — (Sorghum Halapense.) — 



Perennial and has cane-like roots, or, more properly, 

 underground stems, from the size of a goose quill 

 to that of the little finger. These roots are tender, 

 and hogs are fond of and thrive on them in Winter. 

 One to one and a half bushels of a good sample of 

 this seed is sufficient for one acre of land. The 

 leaf, stalk and panicle of this grass resemble those 

 of other sorghums. It grows on any land where 

 corn will grow, and, like the latter, the better the 



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