Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-04-11

obtain good seed, we will have to pro-
cure it south, say Kansas, Missouri
CT some southern state. II it is good
seed it will not mature seed in the
north.
We will trace the growth of
the two kinds and not be partial but
give due credit to each one We will
SOW both at the same time and if the
season is normal, and you cut the
German before it is fully matured,
you will have about the same ton
mage per acre, but four seasons out
Of five and the common after it gets
fifteen to eighteen inches high will
head out fully matured. 1t will have
to DE cut to save it and you will
obtain from ~two-thirds to one and one
half tons of fair hay with a large
amount of seed which make it a poor
feed for horses and only fair for other
stock. 1t will have to be cut before
harvest CT in early harvests just when
you can least spare the time. Our
German millet will not ripen and turn
yellow before harvest, but will continue
to grow until after harvest. remaining
green some three or four weeks after
the common has dried up and had to
te cut to save it. In the meantime.
it invariably catches one or more
showers which makes it yield from
che and one-half to three tons per acre
without seed or the woody stock OF
the common millet. You have in this
one OF the best known folders for sheep
or mich COWS, Or in fact it is safe and
line for all kinds of stock and without
doubt the cheapest fodder that we can
grow in Dakota l have fed it to horses
the year through with no bad results.
Remember it is all right without
seed for all stock, but all wrong to
feed as hay with the seed, as it yields
from 10 to 30 bushels of seed per acre.
T. is only fit for stock that is on full
feed for fattening. s.
"A few words in regard to Hun
garian. 1t wa only sown in a small
way until 1900, when our seedsmen
We're short of German seed and many
CT the farmers tried the Hungarian
and 1T proved a better drouth ~resiste,
than the German and equal in ton.
mage. Last year, 1901. it proved it.
self equal to all others and from an.
t~earance will take the lead this yea,
-19O2.
IF it stands until it natures. +
yields a large amount of seed and tht
main stock will be more or les,
woody. 1t has more seed and les,
blades than the German. which max,
If less valuable as a fodder plant. blu
the ability to resist drouth and it.
; great tonnage will no doubt make i
popular.
Red Lump Or Siberian was intro
duced by the agricultural department
A few years ago and has proven a won
derful yielder of seed, and quite
number of farmers are growing it TO
the seed, and as it is a sure crop an,
Yields as well as oats or barley, man,
farmers are well satisfied with what i
has done for them. They cut it wit
binders, thresh it with a threashin,
machine, utilize the hay and grind th
seed with corn, oats or barley an,
claim it does finely for hogs and al
kinds of stock.
corn or hog millet has dis
appeared since Red Lump has bee
scwn, as Red Lump is a much heay
lei yielder in hay and seed.
| i have kept a careful record for
: number of years of the dates sown an
, nave found that the Goth of May ha
proven the best time taking one yea
+ with another. Millet will not stan
cold or wet ground. The seed. lik
futabaga seeds, rot very quickly i
! cold and damp ground.
: You have all noticed after YOU
ihillet is soWn n heavy shower
come, whenever the water stands til
niillet disappears. ] have sown fro,
May 1st to June 10th, but find ther
Is a happy medium in sowing.
sown too early, it will invariably ri
through the dry season, mature to
early and produce a light crop. SO
about May 10th and you are apt /
catch the midsummer or late shower
It will mature to be ready to cut lat
harvest o. after harvest II sown 1
late $ June 10th, 1t seldom will get
good growth before frosts.
When cut with a binder, you ca
get II IN the stack with much lei