. 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. Fig. 693. Red Siberian miUet. Fig. 694. Common miUet. About three- fourths natural size. Fig. 695. German miUet. About one- half natural Foxtail millets. (Figs. 693-698.) The seeds of these millets are closely compacted into a club head, varying much in size, and either cylindrical or tapering at one or both ends. Ac- cording to the most common cla.'ssification, there ar
. 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. Fig. 693. Red Siberian miUet. Fig. 694. Common miUet. About three- fourths natural size. Fig. 695. German miUet. About one- half natural Foxtail millets. (Figs. 693-698.) The seeds of these millets are closely compacted into a club head, varying much in size, and either cylindrical or tapering at one or both ends. Ac- cording to the most common cla.'ssification, there are two principal sub-groups of the foxtail millets, separated chiefly on the basis of the size of head, and which may be called the large or common millets, and the small or Hungarian millets. To the sub-group having the lai-ge heads belong the common (Fig. 694), the German (Fig. 695), the Aino (Fig. 696) and the Golden Wonder millets. The type of the second sub-group is the Hungarian millet (Fig. 698). In each of these sub-groups there is great variation in the length and color of the beards and color of the seed, and on the basis of these variations the further classification into varieties is made. The seed of both the German and common millets is yellow, but that of the former is slightly the smaller, while the head of the German is much the larger. Both varieties are bearded, the beards often turning dark brown or purple in color. The Golden Wonder, a variety much advertised, has a head still larger than that of the German and is almost beardless. The seed is small and yellow. Our common millet is not the common one in Europe, although what is known on that continent as California millet is this Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York :
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