Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . Properly made millet hay ofthe above varieties is nutritiveand palatable, the average com-position showing it to be richerin protein than timothy. The uses of the foxtailmillets in New York are de-scribed as follows byEoberts and Clinton(Cornell Bul-letin 135): Fig. 10. Golden Wonder millet. About three - fourths natural size. 84 FORAGE CROPS They are not recommended as being valuable asa part of the regular rotation, but as catch-cropsor special crops they have their place. They arevery depleting to the soil and many have had un-satisfactory
Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . Properly made millet hay ofthe above varieties is nutritiveand palatable, the average com-position showing it to be richerin protein than timothy. The uses of the foxtailmillets in New York are de-scribed as follows byEoberts and Clinton(Cornell Bul-letin 135): Fig. 10. Golden Wonder millet. About three - fourths natural size. 84 FORAGE CROPS They are not recommended as being valuable asa part of the regular rotation, but as catch-cropsor special crops they have their place. They arevery depleting to the soil and many have had un-satisfactory experience in feeding them to . One value of millet lies in the fact that itcan be sown late; in fact, it must not be sown untilall danger from frost is over. It develops rapidly,and during midsummer is ready to begin cuttingfor forage about thirty days from time of Hungarian is quicker maturing than the othersand for late sowing is preferable to either the com-mon or the German millet. In such a year as 1894or 1895, when ma
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