The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
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HUNGARIAN AND MILLET.
MINERAL Po1Er, Kansas. April, 1876


MINERAL Po1Nr, Kansas, April $50 T.
Ep1ToRs HoslE JoURSAL: By request
send vouny conclusions, arriEeu aI Ai'ei
an tx1erience Of ten years IN Kansas as
~ tbs GRASSES adapted to this State.
TsSsSH sc5mImencs With tbepueh neglect
Is5ds6d abused Hungarian, (panicum ger
nanicum, and common German millet,
1panicum millicum. These are our an
nusl hay grasses as much As timothy is
the perennial for Massachusetts, and
Maine. AS a general rule il should be
soWn early, on wen pulverized SOIL and
then cut in the ascending or growing Sc
ries, as aik must agres thar on the de
scendiffy series 4aIl~tbe stalk becomes hard
and woody and is worthless as hay,
and the seed is all that is Of value left,
and thsy ARE Injurious. to all EXCEPT hogs
sThe time TO cults when the first formed
seeds would vegstate, or the field first
begias Y thrqE off q yellowish color,
Oeaving a spot one week or ten days for
seed. Avoid too dead a cure il the sun
As soon as is j. dry enough shock it, and
tBet let IL cure three or four DAYS Before
stacking. II stacked too soon there is
dust arises from hay when not perfectly
cured. Yet stacking must not be delayed,
as the hot sun INJURIES very rapidly when
once cured sufficient for the shock. Hay
made properly Of these two grasses-for
what you say Of one may be SAID OF the
other, as they are nearly synonyms, about
6qusl in ruIuous quility-cannot be.
surpassed loF feeding cattle. -
Twenty ortwenty. five pounds rer day.
with a warm stable, will keep our large
Durham, COW or oxen in fine order; it will
fatten csks-and colts and mules can be
prepared for market with it. There is
no equal for tas hay for cattle would
here remark that consider prairie hay
nearly worthless for cattle, as il has no
oil, aud it absorbs or dries up all the Jul
ces of The stomach; but for horses il is a
fine hay-equsl irnot superior to timothy
Hungarian and millet are fue shsep feed
when properly cuta~d cured. They have
no equal except in sorghum aad that real
ly is not hay but a fodder.
AS yet we have no statistics showing
the value OF the bay in Kansas, but II
surpasses all other crops. and should be
universally encouraged. Had our Hun
gaIlau crop OF last year been 500, 900 tons
more than il;wss. We would 70 day be
worth at least 1000. 900 more than We
are rs State. Look 81 the hides aud
pehs passing your streets daily, Lock
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