The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-05-12
Among the faTuFr5>
D her5nt Kinds Of Millet.
American AnricultnliSt.


Considerable interest has been re-
GENTLY taken in "AIil(cts' of ra''"nS
kinds ~ forage crops. Some new
varieties have been int,"dnrrh ana
sucI, seasons rs the last at the East.
and that of 1915 at the West, set
tanners on the lock ont fer some
thing to supplement The hay crop
when il is Il short one. Indian corn
and turnips are the stand. hy>, for
this purpose, bnt the former needs
rood soil. rs well as much mann'c,
and thnugh tulni US p"dncr mnrI'
food, yet it is not "i the nature "t
hay and cannot he substituted for it.
Nillrt Of all the ordinary kinds needs
dry soil, in good 9TH, but not nccr>~
sa,ily rich. \ very light tnp-drrS>l""
nf fine manure, narrowed in with
the seed, >utiirrS to ensure crop IN
most seasons. Last summer S"Ned
five different lind> of mi|lrt, nan1r-
": Common Mi'fct (Pnnh"m mi|i"~
,enm). "Italian Mi\|rt" (.S'tar" N'H-
ca), "IInnya'ian Grass" IA variety ct
the same botanical species, but n>u
ally called SrtnyM Ge,m"ni~1). ''r'-
man Millrt," and "Gold"n Milltt,'
which proved to I've the same species,
and hrlou.in. to the gems Se'orio
also. This last, like the others, seems
to he afflicted with several aliases.
1t has been recently introduced into
our agriculture, and has taken very
well at the West. where it is called
German Millet," a bad name. for it
belongs property to another plant, if
tn any. The common millet is cali
ed German Mil|ct sometimes. as we'll
AS English miIlct, and the botanical
name of the Hungarian Grass, if
translated, wnnlh entitle it to he ca|-
cd "German Millrt,' so was glad to
find that among some of orr best
New York Secd>men, the appropriate
uame "Golden' was given to it. A.
ter sowing, TIE season was so dry
that nearly six weeks passed before
conll see the rows, for they were
sown in drills on a small scale. Then,
after one or two light showers, AL
came up, and for y while grew rapid
". The "Common Mi11et" was by
far earliest. the "flungarian' next.
the "ltalian" next, and the "Golden'
latest The first is exceedingly leafy,
but with rather coarse and harsh
foliage. Chtt1e md horses are both
exceedingly fond of it. and it prohu-
ces well, tjIlering abuudantly. and
when it is'suf1iciently matured, throw.
ing npn loose head from the top and
from every joint. I had never sown
it before, and was much pleased with
it. The "IInngarian GRASP have
known and valued for years; it makes
capital hay, being, when sown thick,
much finer and hardly less 1eafy than
the foregoing. The italian" is like
it, bnt heavier, hearing a much hca-
vier and larger head of seed where it
grew thin, but when crowded. grow
ing mnch like the "Ifuagafian," but
with more of stalk and less of foliage
THE GOLDEN MILLET
liked very much; though it did not
mature well, as 10 fact, neither did
the others-they were all kept back
so by the dry scason-but it showed
its good qualities by yielding an ex-
rcllent crop Of forage. The stalks
were abnndnntly clothed with rather
coarse, harsh, broad leaves, and the
whole plant was sweet, snccnlrnt,
and tender, not woody, when cut and
dried. l examined two or three
fields of millet, probably "Hungarian
Grass" in this vicinity, some on up
land, as was mine, and other npon
low ground. It was all so affected by
the drouth that it did not make halt
u crop. | have never known this to
happen before. Millet will generally
produce a fair crop untler almost any
circumstances. The "Golden Millpt"
stands mp well, and ] think | shall
like it better than "Hungarian" on
that account, for have had the crop
of the latter greatly injured by lodg>
ing, being beaten down by wind and
rain, and getting full Of grit from the
rain scattering the soil upon the pros.
trate plants. am led particularly to
think Of these experiments with mil
let, because | am confident we will
I've, at least III my vicinity, short of
hay next year, rs all the grass seed
Sowed last year failed, though it
started well and looked promisingly
enough in May, every spear over
whole acres WIS burned ont before
August. Our plan is to give the
land two plowinSs, and light dress
sing of manure, and to SOW milltt,
seeding down at the same time, as
carly as the first of June, though
this is q month earlier than is usually
recommended. If we do not let the
millet mature seed, it will not exhaust
the land, and am by no means sn,e
it is not q more profitable crop to
seed down with than oats.
From the Agriculturist.
An article in December last, giving
an account of tho successful use OF
some undryiug oil in the destruction
Of the Oyster shell Bark louise, has
called ont communications from two
correspondents, both of whom state
'latsiiey have been equally success.
fnl by other means. We condense
and give tue essential parts of both
.rticles.
Crude Petroleum.-"D: L. b."
prcctor's Creek, Va, was six years
;:nn living in the oil reginns of Penn.