. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. MILLETS MILLETS 471 into the form of an actual head, similar to that of katir. Each of these sub-groups is made up of a number of varieties, differing in the color of the plant, shape and hairiness of the leaves, color of seed and other features. Within each sub-group more importance is usually given to the color of the seed, but even this character varies considerably in the s
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. MILLETS MILLETS 471 into the form of an actual head, similar to that of katir. Each of these sub-groups is made up of a number of varieties, differing in the color of the plant, shape and hairiness of the leaves, color of seed and other features. Within each sub-group more importance is usually given to the color of the seed, but even this character varies considerably in the same variety. The seed is always considerably larger than in any other millets. The colors of seed generally recognized are white, yellow, red, brown, gray, and black. There is much variation in different varie- ties, also in the height of the plant, the time of maturity, and drought-resistance. The best varieties with respect to the last two qualities have been introduced only recently from Rus- sia. Until recent years little attention or study has been given to this group of millets in this country, and naturally no distinction of varieties has been recognized. The princi- pal definitely-named varieties at present known to us are the Early Fortune, Mani- toba, Black Voronezh, Red Voronezh, Red Rus- sian, Tambov, Red Lump and Red Orenburg. Even some of these are very similar to each other, and may be identical. All but the first two have been imported from Russia since 1897. Several so-called varieties making up our stock known previous to this period, and imported largely from Germany, Austria-Hun- gary, China and Japan, may be distinct, but have not yet been thoroughly studied. During the last six years there has been a great revival in the cultivation of these mil- lets in this country, largely through the influ- ence of the introduction of new and better. varieties by the United States Department of Agriculture. Pearl millet. (Fig. 702.) In addition to the above-described g
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