MILLET—Cont. 
gives a large yield both of seed and fodder. It can be fed to 
horses and other stock without injury, even when cut so late 
that the seed has formed. The seeds are smooth, the heads 
are branching, and in other respects this variety is similar to 
Hog Millet except for the color, of the seed. 
German Millet. German Millet is very sweet, palatable, and 
when fed to dairy cows produces a large amount of milk. On 
good rich soil it grows four to five feet high. It is very tender 
if cut at the right stage, which is when it is in full bloom. 
About three-fourths of a bushel of seed is sown to the acre. 
A good yield is from three to five tons of hay to the acre. 
Hog or Broom Corn Millet. This is grown for the same pur¬ 
pose for which other Millets are sown, but makes inferior 
hay unless cut very young. Seed also makes very fine feed for 
poultry and young chicks. It will mature in about two months 
from sowing seed. 
Hungarian. (Dark Seed.) Often called Hungarian Grass. The 
hay is fine and of excellent feeding value. It is especially valu¬ 
able on account of requiring such a short season to make a 
fine crop. Frequently used as a catch crop. Hungarian Millet 
does not grow so coarse as some other varieties, but still 
yields from two to four tons of hay to the acre. 
Japanese Millet. Improperly called “Billion Dollar Grass.” 
Entirely distinct from all other Millets. It grows from 6 to 9 
feet high, stands up remarkably and yields enormous crops. 
When cured it makes good hay and in quality is superior to 
corn fodder. It is relished by all kinds of stock. It may be 
sown broadcast at the rate of 15 pounds an acre, but it is 
better to sow in drills 12 to 18 inches apart, using 19 to 12 
pounds to the acre. It does best on low moist ground. 
Siberian Millet. Earlier than either German Millet or Hun¬ 
garian, and consequently very valuable for the North and 
yields remarkably. It is extremely hardy, withstanding 
drought wonderfully and is about two weeks earlier than the 
German Millet. The leaves are very tender, making it excel¬ 
lent for hay. The plant stools to a remarkable degree, as many 
as thirty to forty stalks have been grown from one seed, and 
is not subject to rust. 
White Wonder. A variety which has been found to be a 
heavy yielder as well as very early. The foliage is very heavy, 
the leaves broad and cure readily. Earlier and more produc¬ 
tive than German Millet but not as early as Siberian. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE 
It is an annual, bearing a close resemblance in leaf and stalk 
to the Ruta Baga, but both leaves and stalk are more numerous 
in the Rape plant, and of a taller habit of growth. It is a pas¬ 
ture plant which may be eaten off by any kind of live stock, but 
it is pre-eminently fitted to furnish pasture for sheep, cattle 
and swine. 
A good crop will furnish at least 12 tons of green food an 
acre. 
Dwarf Essex Rape thrives best on a good soil, rich in vege¬ 
table matter. Slough lands are excellent. When rape is sown 
broadcast, 5 pounds of seed an acre will suffice. When sown 
in rows, say thirty inches apart, and cultivated, from 1 to 
2 pounds an acre will be enough. 
SOY BEANS 
This crop has become quite popular in the Northwest during 
the last few years, due to the discovery of early maturing 
varieties. For a long time it has been grown extensively in 
the South. Soy Beans are grown for hay, ensilage, grain and 
soil improvement. They produce a quality of hay equal in 
feeding value to Alfalfa and are valuable for planting where 
Clover has winter killed. For silage they are planted with 
corn using about 10 pounds of seed per acre, producing silage 
of higher feeding value than corn alone. The ground beans 
are equal to or better than Oil Meal for mixing with home 
grown grains to balance the dairy ration. Being a legume, 
like Clover, Soy Beans improve the soil on which they are 
grown. Sometimes they are plowed under as a green manure 
crop. 
The standard hay varieties for Minnesota, Wisconsin and 
Iowa are Manchu, Illini and Dunfields. 
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