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ThGGED Millets SHEDS 
The many varieties of Millets serve well for hay, 
forage, and grain crops. They afford a quick, lux- 
uriant crop of hay of good feeding value without 
cultivation. On account of their quick luxuriant 
growth, they aid in checking weeds and are of 
value for this purpose on irrigated lands. As millets 
can be planted late in July, they are used exten- 
sively for emergency crops. As a smut preventive 
soak millet seed in formaldehyde solution for two 
hours, using one pint of formaldehyde to 45 gallons 
of water. Sow about % inch deep and in rows 12 
to 16 inches apart. 
HOG MILLET is the Proso or Common Millet of the 
old world. It is also known as Broom Corn Millet, 
Manitoba and Dakota Millet. When forage or 
hay is desired the crop should be cut early. The 
seed has a slightly higher feeding value than 
oats and is used extensively in mixed feeds. Of 
the Hog Millets, Red Turghai, Early Fortune and 
Yellow Manitoba are the best adapted varieties. 
BIG GERMAN MILLET has long heads crowded full 
with myriad seeds; small stems, luscious and 
highly palatable, clustered thick with fine narrow 
leaves. This is a very valuable variety for hay 
and forage, for general feeding, for milk produc- 
tion. 
WHITE WONDER MILLET is early and productive. 
Heads are from 8 to 18 inches long. The foliage 
is heavy; the leaves broad but the fodder cures 
readily. The seed contains a low percentage of 
fiber, is therefore very fattening and makes good 
feed. 
SIBERIAN or Red RUSSIAN MILLET is a very fine, 
early, extremely hardy, drought-esistant variety. 
Produces big. Forage is quite eee Seed 
has high feeding value. 
Special Quantity Field Seed Price List will. be 
issued later. 
GRASSES---For Range wl Pasture 
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A Fine Field of Crested Wheatgrass 
CRESTED WHEATGRASS (Agropyron cristatum) is 
a long-lived perennial bunch grass, closely re- 
lated botanically to Slender Wheatgrass and 
Western Wheatgrass. The stems are fine and 
leaves medium abundant. It has the ability to 
grow at low temperatures and starts growing 
earlier than most grasses; also it continues to 
grow later in the fall. It is well adapted to the 
northern Great Plains, and is suitable for hay 
and pasture. 
WESTERN WHEAT GRASS (Agropyron Smithii) or 
Bluestem, is a long-lived perennial widely adapt- 
ed. Tolerant of drought and a certain amount of 
alkali. It grows rather slowly, requiring two tc 
three years from time of planting for seeds to 
mature. Western Wheat Grass produces excel- 
lent forage for grazing and hay. It is palatable. 
Bulletins on grasses furnished on request. 
TALL SLENDER WHEATGRASS (Agropyron ten- 
erum) is also called Western Ryegrass and Mc- 
Iver’s Ryegrass. It grows in tall, erect bunches 
which sometimes cover a space one foot in diam-- 
eter. It is perennial and very resistant to drought 
and cold. Has ability to grow in alkali land and 
is very palatable and nutritious to cattle and 
horses. The ordinary yield of hay is 1% to 2 
tons per acre. It may be sown alone or in pas- | 
ture mixtures and is well adapted for planting 
in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, the 
Dakotas, and Idaho. 
BUFFALO GRASS (Buchloe dactyloides) is a native 
grass of the plains and is a low growing peren- 
nial that spreads by surface runners. It with- 
stands trampling, severe usage and grazing bet- 
ter than any other native short grass. Seed has 
been treated to hasten germination. 

78 THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO 
