. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. 160 AMERICAN AQRICULTUEE. the most fertile. It should be sown broadcast or in drills from the 1st of May to 1st of July. If for hay and sown broadcast, 40 quarts per acre will be required ; if sown in drills for the grain, ei
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. 160 AMERICAN AQRICULTUEE. the most fertile. It should be sown broadcast or in drills from the 1st of May to 1st of July. If for hay and sown broadcast, 40 quarts per acre will be required ; if sown in drills for the grain, eight quarts of seed will suf- fice. It will ripen in 60 to 75 days with favorable Aveather. Whende- .signed for fodder, the nearer it can approach to ripening, without waste in harvesting, the more valuable will he the crop. Indian or Grand Millet (Sor- ghu7)i vulgare, Fig. 38).^—This mil- let is much cultivated in Asia Minor, Egypt, Arabia, the West Indies, and elsewhere. It grows from four to six feet high, affording a large quan- tity of forage, and much seed or giain, which is known as Guinea corn. This is gromid into flour and used by the laborers where grown. It is also an economical food for cat- , swine, and fo\vls. It is not raix'd to any extent in the United States, but might be advantageously F, introduced into the southern States. Buck-Wheat, or Beech-Wheat {Polygonum fagopyrum. Fig. 39), is a grain much cultivated in this country. It grows freely on light soils, but yields a remunerating crop only on those which are fertile. Fresh manure is partic- ularly injurious to this grain. Sandy loams are its favorite soils, especially such as have lain long in pasture, and these should be well plowed and harrowed. It may be sown from the 1st of May to the 10th of August, but in the northern States, this ought to be done as early as June or July, or it may be injured by early frosts, which are fatal to it. It is sown broadcast, at the rate of three to six pecks per
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