. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 32. ''Mm (|\.«,<.«T,«., 16 TONS PER ACRE GREEN FODDER' JAPANESE MILLET. (Panlcum crus=gani major.) The best recent introduction for the Silo and Cutting Green. Entirely distinct from any other millet, grows tall and produces an enormous crop. It may be sown from the middle of May to the 1st of July, broadcast, at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, but it is better to sow it in drills, 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 12 lbs. per acre, and hoed between the rows to keep down all weeds until the plan
. American farmers' manual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 32. ''Mm (|\.«,<.«T,«., 16 TONS PER ACRE GREEN FODDER' JAPANESE MILLET. (Panlcum crus=gani major.) The best recent introduction for the Silo and Cutting Green. Entirely distinct from any other millet, grows tall and produces an enormous crop. It may be sown from the middle of May to the 1st of July, broadcast, at the rate of 15 lbs. per acre, but it is better to sow it in drills, 12 to 18 inches apart, using 10 to 12 lbs. per acre, and hoed between the rows to keep down all weeds until the plant attains a height of 12 to 18 inches, when its rapid growth will smother all weeds. It grows 6 to 8 feet high, stands remark- ably well notwithstanding its great height, and yields from 10 to 12 tons green fodder per acre. When cured it makes an excellent quality of hay, and its feeding value is far superior to corn fodder, and it is much relished by all kinds of stock, whether green or cured. If to be made into hay, cure as you would a heavy crop of clover. An ideal ensilage mixtvire may be composed of two parts of this millet to one part of soja beans (see page 34), mixed when filling the silo. The soja beans supply the albuminoids and fat in ?which the Corn and Millet are deficient. This mixture forms a complete balanced ration for milch cows without the addition of grain, though it is, of course, advisable to feed grain occasionally as a change. This ensilage combination will certainly become popular, and when generally used, as we predict it will be, it will result in a saving of hundreds of thous- ands of dollars annually to the dairymen and farmers of the United States. This Millet does not endure drought well, except it be sown early in retentive soil, and it is not adapted to the cli- mate, nor is it recommended for the Southern States ; but north of Washington, and especially for good, rich soils, we confidently recommend its general cultivation. It will produce a
Size: 1869px × 1337px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggi, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1903
