Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . Fig. 13. Broora-cornniillfct (Panicummiliaceum), 92 FORAGE CROPS. Fig. 14. Seeds or grains of Broom-corn millet. sorghum and teosinte. The yield was sixteenand two-tliirds tons of green forage per acre,which contained 7,637 pounds of dry matter, orpractically twice as much dry matter as was con-tained in the yield of either red or white kafircorn. Its composition was such as to furnishnearly 700 pounds of protein per acre, or morethan any other of the plants generally grown, andagain more than twice as much as the kafir corn. From the standpo
Forage crops for soiling, silage, hay and pasture . Fig. 13. Broora-cornniillfct (Panicummiliaceum), 92 FORAGE CROPS. Fig. 14. Seeds or grains of Broom-corn millet. sorghum and teosinte. The yield was sixteenand two-tliirds tons of green forage per acre,which contained 7,637 pounds of dry matter, orpractically twice as much dry matter as was con-tained in the yield of either red or white kafircorn. Its composition was such as to furnishnearly 700 pounds of protein per acre, or morethan any other of the plants generally grown, andagain more than twice as much as the kafir corn. From the standpoint of yield of dry matter andof total nutrients, the Broom-corn millet comparedvery favorably with the varieties of maize usuallygrown for forage, yet because of lack of palata-bility it could not be used for the purpose. Itpossesses promising characteristics, in particularits power of gathering plant-food; and furtherexperiments may show it to be a valuable plantfor silage in regions where corn does not develop.
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