. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 369 not be confounded with Johnson-grass, which it resembles somewhat in appearance. It is not so hardy as Johnson-grass, and is less troublesome. It furnishes much of the roughage found on the markets in the West Indies. miliaeeum, Linn. Broom-corn Millet. Hog Millet. (Pig. 524.) A rather coarse annual, two to four feet high, with hispid sheaths and large, drooping panicles. A native of the Old World, where it has been cultivated since preh
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 369 not be confounded with Johnson-grass, which it resembles somewhat in appearance. It is not so hardy as Johnson-grass, and is less troublesome. It furnishes much of the roughage found on the markets in the West Indies. miliaeeum, Linn. Broom-corn Millet. Hog Millet. (Pig. 524.) A rather coarse annual, two to four feet high, with hispid sheaths and large, drooping panicles. A native of the Old World, where it has been cultivated since prehistoric times. Cultivated in Europe and Asia for forage and also for the seed, which is used for food. In this country it is cultivated to a limited extent for forage. This is the true millet of the Old World. In the United States the name millet is given to Chcetochloa Italiea. (Because of its quick growth it is adapted to the North, and is grown some- what extensively in the Dakotas. It is much more drought-resistant than the other millets.) [See Millet and Meadows and Pastures.'] Grits-gain, Linn. Barnyard Grass. (Pigs. 525 and 526.) A common annual weed probably introduced from Europe, though some forms are native in the United States. Differs from the other species in having awned spikelets, for which reason some authors refer it to the genus Echinoehloa. Inflorescence a raceme of short spikes. Certain forms of this species are sparingly grown in this country under the name of Japanese barnyard millet, These and the form cultivated in Asia for the grain are sometimes known as Panicumfrumentaceum,, and are shorter-awned than the common forms. 8. Cheetochloa (Greek, bristle-grass). A genus of annual or perennial grasses of about forty species, found in the warm regions of both hemispheres. Spikelets with the structure of Panicum, but interspersed with rough- ened bristles which usually extend be^ yond the spikelets. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike. Alsp known as Set
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