Japanese Barnyard Millet 
A most valuable hay or forage crop. Produces an enormous yield and can be grown to good advantage 
in practically all parts of the country. The photograph shown below was taken on our farm in Irondequoit. 
This crop stood from 5 } 4 to 6 feet high with an abundance of soft leaves as shown in the single stool to 
the right of the picture. 
Produced 5 Tons of Hay Per Acre 
JAPANESE MILLET FROM PHOTOGRAPH 
Professor Brooks of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass., was the 
original introducer of the Japanese Millet into this country. He writes us as follows: 
“We have had yields at a single cut of 5 tons of well cured hay per acre. It 
thrives best on retentive soils of fine texture with a fair proportion of vegetable 
matter , at least moderately acid and on such soils 12 pounds of seed to the 
acre is sufficient. In this state Millet is generally sown broadcast. If sown in 
drills for forage I think the ordinary grain drill distance will be suitable.” 
SEEDING TIME. We advise sowing just after corn planting time when the ground is warm. The land 
should be well fertilized to secure the greatest yields. If the ground is weedy the Japanese Millet can be sown 
in drills 2 feet apart, using 8 to 10 lbs. per acre, and by giving two or three light cultivations with a horse the 
Millet will then grow so rapidly as to kill out every sign of weeds and in this way put the field in fine shape 
for a hoe crop the following season. 
12 to 18 Tons Green Forage 
can be grown per acre and this feed is greatly relished by dairy cows. Japanese Millet will prove a valuable 
crop on any farm where there is live stock to feed and can be grown at but slight expense. 
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