. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. 738. times sown for feeding poultry, and as a sub-stitute for rice. 5178. The Italian millet (PantedItalie; Milleta gra/tpe, Fr. ; Setaria italica, c) rises with areed-like stalk, nearly four feet high, and muchthicker than that of the preceding; the leavesare also broader. The spikes are a foot long,and twice the thickness of those of the commonmil
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. 738. times sown for feeding poultry, and as a sub-stitute for rice. 5178. The Italian millet (PantedItalie; Milleta gra/tpe, Fr. ; Setaria italica, c) rises with areed-like stalk, nearly four feet high, and muchthicker than that of the preceding; the leavesare also broader. The spikes are a foot long,and twice the thickness of those of the commonmillet, but not so compact, being composed ofseveral roundish clustered spikes; the grain isalso larger. There are two or three varieties ofthis, differing only in the colour of the grain. Itis frequently cultivated in Italy (whence its tri-vial name), and other warm countries. It is anative of both Indies, and of Cochin China. / 5179. The Polish millet, or manna grass ofthe Germans (Digitaria sanguinalis, formerlyPiinicuin sanguinalis,,/^. 737), is a low decum-bent, annual plant, seldom rising above nineinches or a foot high, with hairy leaves andslender panicles. It tillers much, and forms aclose tuft, spreading and rooting at the is a
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