. Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture. Forage plants. 92 FORAGE CROPS. Fig. 14, Seeds or grains of Broom-corn millet. sorghum and teosinte. The yield was sixteen and two-thirds tons of green forage per acre, which contained 7,637 pounds of dry matter, or practically twice as much dry matter as was con- tained in the yield of either red or white kafir corn. Its composition was such as to furnish nearly 700 pounds of protein per acre, or more than any other of the plants generally grown, and again more than twice as much as the kafir corn. From the standpoint of yield of dry matter
. Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture. Forage plants. 92 FORAGE CROPS. Fig. 14, Seeds or grains of Broom-corn millet. sorghum and teosinte. The yield was sixteen and two-thirds tons of green forage per acre, which contained 7,637 pounds of dry matter, or practically twice as much dry matter as was con- tained in the yield of either red or white kafir corn. Its composition was such as to furnish nearly 700 pounds of protein per acre, or more than any other of the plants generally grown, and again more than twice as much as the kafir corn. From the standpoint of yield of dry matter and of total nutrients, the Broom-corn millet compared very favorably with the varieties of maize usually grown for forage, yet because of lack of palata- bility it could not be used for the purpose. It possesses promising characteristics, in particular its power of gathering plant-food; and further experiments may show it to be a valuable plant for silage in regions where corn does not Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Voorhees, Edward Burnett, 1856-1911. New York, Macmillan
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