Proso, or hog millet / John H. Martin.
"Proso is an early-maturing millet, the seed of which is used for grain. It is best adapted to the northern Prairie and Great Plains sections of the United States, where it is grown to a limited extent as a late-sown catch crop. Proso produces fair yields of seed with a limited supply of moistu...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
1920.
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| Series: | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ;
no. 1162. |
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| Summary: | "Proso is an early-maturing millet, the seed of which is used for grain. It is best adapted to the northern Prairie and Great Plains sections of the United States, where it is grown to a limited extent as a late-sown catch crop. Proso produces fair yields of seed with a limited supply of moisture, but can not withstand severe drought. Other grains usually yield more than proso, but they must be sown earlier. Turghai, Red Russian, Tambov, and Black Voronezh are the highest yielding varieties of proso. Proso should be sown with a a grain drill at the rate of 1 to 3 pecks per acre, from a few days to two weeks after corn-planting time, but it will usually mature seed if sown even as late as July 1. It is harested and thrashed like other small grains. In the United States proso is used chiefly for stock feed."--Page 2. |
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| Item Description: | Cover title. "Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry." |
| Physical Description: | 15 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |