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MILLET HAY FOR HORSES; TEO- 
SINTE. 
In issue of January 12, 1899, page 24, the 
“Country Gentleman” says: “Hungarian 
grass or Italian millet, when fed to horses 
too exclusively, horses frequently were 
taken with blind staggers and not infre¬ 
quently died.” Are there any ill effects 
noted in horses being fed the regular al¬ 
lowance, as in feeding hay with oats, bran, 
etc.? Does the ill effect, if any, apply the 
same in the use of German or Golden mil¬ 
let, also Japanese millet? Which of the 
three is best suited for Long Island? Is 
it a good substitute for hay? Is Teosinte 
much better than corn fodder? Does it 
make a good substitute for hay for horses? 
Can it be cured and mowed away in barn, 
or is there danger of molding? Is the 
yield much greater than corn under same 
condition? w. L. D. 
Bellmore, N. Y. 
Horses too exclusively fed on millet 
hay suffer from a disease, from which 
in extreme cases they die. The disease 
is due to the presence in the millet of 
compounds which act unfavorably up¬ 
on the kidneys. Such injurious effects 
are not likely to follow the use of mil¬ 
let hay in moderate quantities in con¬ 
nection with some hay of other kinds 
and the usual grain allowance. The 
troubles from feeding Hungarian grass 
are likely to follow the use of hay from 
German or Golden millet, for these va¬ 
rieties belong to the same species with 
the Hungarian. There are three dis¬ 
tinct classes of millets: Foxtail, Broom- 
corn and Barnyard. Hungarian grass 
and the German or Golden millet are 
Foxtail millets. I have introduced Jap¬ 
anese millets of all three classes. The 
Japanese Foxtail millet will without 
doubt have the same effects as the more 
common millets of that class. The mil¬ 
let now generally designated simply 
Japanese millet is the Japanese Barn¬ 
yard millet, which belongs to an en¬ 
tirely distinct species from the Foxtail 
millets. Whether this will be found to 
have the same effect upon horses as the 
Foxtail millet I am not certain, for it 
is not our practice to feed millet hay 
exclusively for any considerable length 
of time. We have, however, in some 
years fed Japanese millet hay largely 
for considerable periods of time, and we 
have not noticed any ill effects. I 
think, therefore, that the chances are 
that the Japanese Barnyard millet will 
never be found injurious to horses. I 
think Hungarian grass is on the whole 
better suited for hay for Long Island 
than either of the other millets. The 
Japanese Barnyard millet will give 
larger yields, and the hay is of equally 
good quality if it can be well cured. On 
account of rank growth and succulent 
character it is, however, somewhat dif¬ 
ficult to cure. With fine weather it can 
be readily made into good hay, which 
horses appear to relish even better th'an 
the best of Timothy hay. 
I do not regard Teosinte as superior 
to corn for fodder for this part of the 
country. It is a plant closely allied to 
corn, and one which thrives under the 
same conditions as corn. It, however, 
needs a longer season and a higher tem¬ 
perature than corn to do its best and 
except on soils which are naturally 
very light and warm I should not ad¬ 
vise its trial, and even on such soils I 
think it will not be found equal to corn 
as a forage crop. It is too coarse to 
make good hay. It requires the same 
treatment in the matter of curing and 
storing as corn, and in average seasons 
it is doubtful whether it can easily be 
so thoroughly cured that it will not 
mold when stored in large bulk. I do 
not think the yield is likely to be great¬ 
er than that of corn under usual condi¬ 
tions. It has not given yields as great 
as corn under the conditions prevail¬ 
ing here. It has the reputation of en¬ 
during drought better than corn, biu 
corn seldom or never fails in this part 
of the United States because of drought 
and I believe it will be almost univer¬ 
sally a more satisfactory fodder crop 
than Teosinte. 
[Prof.] WM. B. BBOOKS. 
Mass. Ag’l College. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 12 
SHEEP AND WHITE DAISY. 
How can the white daisy be extermi¬ 
nated where now growing in a pasture on 
a hillside? Will close pasturing with sheep 
kin it? H - s - 
Cuyahoga Co., O. 
I take it for granted that it is the de¬ 
sire of the questioner to “exterminate” 
the white daisy without plowing. If, 
however, the field is plowable. it will 
probably be better to destroy it that 
way. I fear no weed where a short ro¬ 
tation and good tillage is practiced, and 
the land is kept fertile, so desirable 
grasses will grow. It is probable in this 
case that the daisy has crowded out the 
pasture grasses. Break up the field (if 
practical), planting to some hoed crop, 
or plowing thoroughly, tilling through 
the early part of the season, then sow¬ 
ing with rape, Cow-horn turnips and 
clover, and the next season after a good 
dressing of commercial fertilizer, say 
500 pounds per acre analyzing two per 
cent nitrogen, 12 per cent phosphoric 
acid and three per cent potash, sow a 
mixture of pasture grasses. If plowing 
and the above is not practical there is 
no question that sheep will destroy the 
weeds, but it will be necessary to put 
in the field more sheep than it can nat¬ 
urally support, so they will eat every 
green thing. Then feed some sup¬ 
plementary feed, such as wheat bran, 
and there is nothing better. This will 
increase their desire for the carbona¬ 
ceous food, and will fertilize the field at 
the same time. The next season sow 
the pasture grass seed in the field, and 
if it can be afforded the fertilizer men¬ 
tioned. Don’t expect the sheep to clean 
out the daisy if there are only a few in 
the field. edwd. van alstyne. 
Fattening Cattle. —The cattle roe*}. 
Honed on page 99 are gaining in weight 
steadily, and we see no reason why the 
experiment should not turn out to be a 
satisfactory and profitable one. IAe do 
not expect to market the cattle until the 
middle or latter part of May, and if they 
continue to do as well from now until 
then as thev have thus far, we think we 
shall be verv well satisfied. We keep them 
loose in a large basement to one of our 
barns, and they are fed from long racks 
running the entire length of the basement, 
to which they have ready access. In the 
basement is a water trough supplied by a 
pump and windmill so that it is not neces¬ 
sary for them to go outdoors to drink. 
JACKSON & PERKINS CO, 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
GrEDNEY FARM 
Wlxito Plains, N - . Y. 
HIGHEST GLASSJERSEYS 
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gives good rea¬ 
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bred sire at 
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Sale List B19 
tells how you 
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See advertisements on page 5,62 and 76. 
WINTERGREEN HILL FARM, 
SCOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK. 
Don’t Use a 
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No Trace of Disease 
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Barren Cows 
Cured 
write for Moore Bros.,V.S. 
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for HOLSTEIN CATTLE 
Good ones, and all ages. Fine Yearling BoIU, 
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8lxteen head of sows, bred to farrow in April, 1904, 
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BERKSHIRE MALE oldfextra GOOD. Must sell to 
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Coach Stallions 
High - Class Carriage 
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Berkshire Hogs 
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JACKS FOR SALE. 
The finest lot of Jacks and Jennets I ever owned. 
Some especial bargains. 25 reasons why farmers 
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MANY LOTS OF 
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Nine months old, average dressed 300 to 
375 pounds each. 
Sows bred, Boars and Bigs for sale 
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Breeders of choice prize-winning Barred P. Rocks, 
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1200 S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
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Blanchard and Van Dreser strains. Eggs for 
hatching, $3.50 per 100. Hilandale Farm, Brooklyn, 
Ohio. R. F. D. 2. 
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C. A. HALL, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
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DIDDCn DA ft VO exclusively. Best quality 
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White Plymouth Rocks. 
Fishel Strain, very fine. Eggs for hatchii g $1.00 
per 15; $5 00 per hundred. 
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