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COMMON Sefaria_ italica 
A very quick growing variety that produces in about 60 days a first class quality of 
millet hay valued on account of numerous slender stems and abundant leaves. Adapted 
to drier soils than the other species. The yellow to straw colored, shiny seeds are a main 
constituent of prepared bird foods. Should not be confused with Hungarian yellow to 
purple seed, or Siberian, which is always orange in color. 
PEARL (Cattail) Pennisetum glaucum 
An annual summer, green grazing crop vigorous in growth and immune to leaf diseases. 
Well adapted to moist sandy soils in regions of high humidity along coast of Texas and 
other southern States. Gives best grazing before the seed-heads develop. Plants tall and 
erect 4-6 ft. with numerous leafy stems, somewhat coarse but succulent and very nutri- 
tious, brittle at maturity. Seedheads long and spikelike; seed cone-shaped, pearl gray. 
Furnishes abundant grazing in 4-6 weeks. May be planted several times during the warm 
season. 
PROSO (Hog) Panicum miliaceum 
A short season crop for dry climates; grown for the seed which is ground to feed hogs 
and poultry. Often referred to as “Broomcorn millet” due to similarity of the seedheads. 
The seeds are white or straw colored, smooth and shiny. 
OATS 
Avena sativa 
Of all the small grain crops used in our territory to furnish green grazing, adapted varieties of 
oats are most generally grown. Oats have a higher moisture requirement than any other small 
grain crop and make their best growth on fertile, moist, well drained and well worked soils. 
There is much confusion in kinds and varieties sold on the market under various trade names. 
Consequently only seed of known variety and origin should be accepted. 
FERGUSON 922 
Developed by A. M. Ferguson of Sherman, Texas. A red oat variety adapted to the 
heavy soils of the middle cotton belt of Texas; winter hardy and shatter proof. Fur- 
nishes abundant green grazing over a long period of time. The plants form heavy 
spreading turf; stems coarse, strong, erect, quite leafy. Seedheads large, compact to 
spreading. Seeds large, plump, reddish, bearded. 
FULGRAIN 
A combine type of milling oat, developed and introduced by Coker Seed Co. Not so 
winter hardy as Red oats but matures earlier and furnishes good grazing. Plants tiller 
freely, stand erect, are smut and crown rust resistant. Seedheads large; seed plump, thin 
hulled, yellowish; beards few to none. 
FULTEX 
A cross between Fulghum and Victoria, developed by the Texas Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station. Highly resistant to crown rust and smut, and has a short, strong straw 
which makes it desirable for direct combining. Recommended especially for grain 
production on rich blackland soils, where other varieties are subject to lodging. 
KNOTA 
The leading strain of the Fulghum variety grown rather extensively in Missouri, Oklahoma, 
Texas, and Kansas. A week to ten days earlier than Red Rustproof. Tillers freely giving 
an abundance of grazing; yields high under favorable conditions. 
NEW NORTEX 
Developed by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station about 1930, through selection 
from Texas Red Oats. Very popular in the South’s oat belt for grazing and seed crops. 
Winter hardy, crown rust resistant, shatter proof; with consistently high yields and good 
milling qualities. 
