The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-12

DeIand Vousia County, Florida Wednesday, May 12 $780,

Three bushels of well filled heads
will shell out one bushel of grain.
During the past winter large quaint.
ties have been ground tor meal. The
color Of the meal is like that made
from white Indian corn. The grain
weighs from 55 to 60 pounds per
bushel. 1t does so well iere as
sod crop that l would nrge its use In
Florida as first crop on new break
ing.
There is no doubt in my mind that
under ordinarily favorable circum-
stances it will yield rs bushels per
acre on well cultivated land that is
in fair condition, with 10 inches OF
rainfall during the four months OF
its growth.
When the heads are cut from the
stalks, as soon as the grains are out
OF the dough condition, the buds at
the axis of the upper leaves will
put forth and one or two smaller
heads will be produced. 1t is ques.
tion, where length OF season is suffi-
cient and continued rainfall can be
depended on, when an effort is made
to obtain a second crop from same
roots, whether, after cutting the
heads of, the stalks had not better
be cut down nearly to the ground.
1 hope Florida experimentors will
try both ways. Your season is long
enough aud your rainfall sufficient
to obtain chree crops i'll one year
from the same roots. | don't say
you can do so, but | hope expert
ments will be tried with that end in
view. The season in southern Kan
sas, from April 10th till October 10th,
is long enough to mature Two crops.
The first crop natures 81 to months
after planting, and the second crop
is ready to cut i'll six weeks after the
first is harvested; There was tyop-
= & JM 9asS - NJ.
. % my last article on this grain !,
! your paper OF January 2lst on tn,
!, above point). The Importance o
TINS grain to the western or dry par,
OF Kansas may be known by the
TACT that the State Board of Agricul
ture have devoted several PAGES ot
the 4th Quarterly Report of 1879 to
1t and there may be found an analy.
SIS OF the grain and a comparison
with Indian corn, wheat, rye and
oats. The chapter is headed "Eovn.
tan Corn or Pampas Rice" This
latter name is entirely new to Der.
sons i'll this region.
have just learned of an exner;.
ment In sowing rice corn broadcast
at the rate OF J bushel per acre and
when about two feet high cutting it
for hay, and curing it In the usual
manner. The same party will make
more hay from it this wear bein,,
well satisfied with his last years ex'
perience. While growing, rice corn
looks much like sorghum tChinese
Sngar-cane), or broom corn. Ths
head OF grain IS much like close.
headed variety of sorghum, but the
seeds are much larger and white and
the stem OF head curved so that tba
head hangs down. Cultural direc.
tlons would be about the same AZ tor
corn except as to distance apart. Nv
preference would be 10 plant IN rows
dropping the seed about six inches
apart, or, say hills lo inches anart
with three grains To the hIIl-mora
IMAM three grains III hill seem To
crowd each other. Referring to the
analysis, would call your attention.
TO the fact that this grain, when air .
dried contains less moisture than
either OFT he other grains, that IN
starch 1t exceeds all the rest In
at it stands next to Indian corn
u useless cellulose it contains even i
ess than wheat or rye; in der. a
rlne and sugar it is above Indiar, a
orn, while as to the albuminoids a
II rather flesh formers, it ranks we'll r
p with rye and oats. il
oLDEN, BIG, LARGE, LATE OR FAIL a
MILLET.
Under these various names "
row hay crop that | desire n coo - :.
led in FLORIDA. We can break -
ralrie sod, not later than June Is, - -
season is dryish, and narrowing ~ .
to quarts OF this seed per acre in =,
nety days with not less than three 10 10
cheS OF rain fall. vat ova. e., 'N