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Show The Three Varieties of Foxtail Millet jj Common. Oermu. , Unstvlao. The foxtail millets aro by far moro generally grown In this country than tho other groups. They may be distinguished dis-tinguished by thu shape or head a llnglo spike. Threo varieties of this group are well known and very generally grown. They aro common, Hungarian nnd Oer-man Oer-man millets, Common millet, ns Its name Indicates, Indi-cates, Js the variety which first came Into gonoral uso. In length of season It Is tho earliest of tho threo and consequently con-sequently Is grown In the northern part of tho millet section. It Is considered con-sidered inthor more resUtont to drouth and will give hotter returns upon poor soils than tho German, (hough not as large yields upon rich soil. The head Is medium In size; seed somewhat larger than either Hungarian or Herman, oval In shnpo and yellow In color. " Hungarian millet, sometjmcs called Hungarian grass, differs' from the I other varieties of this group In having shorter and more erect heads and a largo percentage of dark purple soeds. Part of Its seeds are yellow and part purple. In length of season It is Intermediate Inter-mediate between tho common and tho Gorman. It Is not as coarse as tho German and makes a rather more desirable de-sirable quality of hay. Llko tbo common, com-mon, it produces n number of stoma from a Blngle seed. It Is very popular In Ohio nnd east. German millet 1h a later variety; a very rank grower, has large, nodding heads, frequently an Inch In dlametor; leaves broad, short and stiff; soeds small and yellow. This variety usually produces but one ntom per seed. It Is grown quite extensively upon tho hotter lands or the south nnd has a place upon tho richer lauds or Ohio, but will not bear quite as late soedlng as tho smaller, varieties. The foxtail millets weigh 48 to 50 pounds per bushel. |