Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1888-05-25
M:lLet.
Experiment made last year in

Ut!iBl.
Experiment made last wear in this
country We're So Very successful! that q
much larger area ot mile, Will be s"wn
this wear. We have before referred 20
lie large cru,ts raised by AIessrs. Sol!day !
Murphy. Robertson. Hunter, and
MeachNm. three aud fou! tons per acre, /,
and the feeding and fattening qualities
OF the plant through the past winter
lave proved 10 be as encouraging as the
quantities produced. MeSsls. Hunter
and Robertson, who have Il good many
horses and cattle consider that one ton
OF millet hay is equal as, feed for all
stock to from Il ton and q quarter to a
ton and q half of the best slough hay.
DR.. Chamberlain, Of Iowa agricultural
college. says that. if sown thickly, if
cnt when just headed out, and if we'll
C. d. millet-hay is equal to clover and
timothy for milcll-cows, and the opinion
is born out by the test of chemical an
alyss 1t is one of the most ancient of
the cultivated grasses, and in MANY
parts of the o!d world the seed is still
largely used for food for man. 1t is All
excellent drouth-resisting grass, and
after it gets to he six inches high, so as
to shade the ground. it will make good
crop without any more rain. DR.. Cham
berain says SOW late in May or early in
June, one bi,shei of seed to the acre
| Harrow stubbe ground just before
sowing. seed and then roll. Surface
should be lightly pulzeriZed, and see |
be IS near surface as possible. In a
/. week the seed should have sprouted
/ 50 as to show green distinctly. looking
towards the sunlight, and in sixty days
OF less it is fit for hay. AS soon as the
! heads are all fairly in sight so as to look
black and even over the field and before
tie stalks get their full length or the
seed really fo,med OF even in the milk
cut it, The seed forms rapidly. and il
Tie Grass is liot cut speedily it sells
iadlv. and cat do not digest Il seed
wien it il, ripe and hard. Mr.. Hun eI
thinks That half a bushel orr little mo, e
l,el' acre should be sNW'.. and tiaat 1t be
allowed! to GROW as long as it Will. cut.
4 ting it Just before frost an,! that ii
takes ninety DAYS w here instead Of
sixty, CD ground Should he plowed
about tie end OF May. harrow rolled,
and left uMtll time of sowing. from fifth
i to twentieth of June. tllen SOW, harrow.
and rcl! again The hay should be
carefully cooked and cured in the field
/ Must be carefully stacked to avoid heat
ing. If stacked with alternate layers
OF oat. staw, II is not likely to spoil and
make better feed than all millet. besides
being much cheaper The seed is worth
about three cents per pound in Caring
ton. so that the cost can he figured ac-
cording to the quantity that is sown.
Mr.. Hunter suggests that ensilage-corn
should also be tried. Forty to fifty tons
per acre can he grown, and dry climate
there ought to be no difficulty III curing
it for winnter fodder. Two bushels
per acre may he sown When the
thrifty farmer finds that with so little
,abor and cast 4 heavy crop Of hay can
be secured at home he will stop max
ing those long trips to the Jim and to
the hills. which breaks the heart of both
man and beast wi en- cold weather comes.
Mr.. Hunter can supply the seed for both
millet and corn.-Carrington News.