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MILLET—Continued 
G Very sweet, palatable, and when fed to dairy cows 
, erman produces a large amount of milk. On good, rich soil 
it grows four to five feet high. It is very tender if cut when it is 
in full bloom. About three-fourths of a bushel of seed is sown to 
the acre. A good yield, three to five tons of hay per acre. 
Broom Corn or Hog (White Proso) $.°n” 
same purpose as other Millets, but makes inferior hay unless 
cut very young. Seed makes very fine feed for poultry and young 
chicks. Matures in about two months from sowing seed. 
" (Dark Seed.) Often called Hungarian Grass. 
Hungarian The hay is fine and of excellent feeding value. 
Especially valuable on account of requiring such a short season 
to make a fine crop. Frequently used as a catch crop. 
J Improperly called “Billion Dollar Grass.” Entirely 
apanese distinct from all other Millets. Grows 6 to 9 feet 
high, stands up remarkably and yields enormous crops. When 
cured, it makes good hay, superior in quality to corn fodder. 
Relished by all kinds of stock. May be sown broadcast, 15 pounds 
an acre, but it is better to sow in drills 12 to 18 inches apart, 
using 10 to 12 pounds to the acre. Does best on low, moist ground. 
Si b a Earlier than either German or Hungarian, and 
erian consequently valuable for the North, and yields 
remarkably. Extremely hardy, withstanding drought wonderfully 
and is about two weeks earlier than German Millet. The leaves 
are tender, making excellent hay. 

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JAPANESE 
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TO MEASURE CORN IN CRIBS 
Ear corn of good quality, measured when settled, will hold 
out at 21% cubic feet to the bushel. Inferior quality, 23¢ to 2% 
cubic feet. 
RULE—At 2% cubic feet to the bushel, divide the cubic 
feet in crib by 23%, or multiply by 8 and divide by 19. : 
At 21% cubic feet to the bushel, divide the cubic feet in crib 
by 214, or multiply by 2 and divide by 5. 
TO FIND HEIGHT OF TREE OR BUILDING 
Set up a stick and measure its shadow. Measure length of 
shadow of tree. Length of shadow of tree, times height of 
stick divided by length of shadow of stick equals height of 
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