Dallas Herald

Hungarian Grass.

A correspondent requests us to give some statements in regard to the history, culture and value of this 'grass' or 'millet'

History.--A few years ago a farmer who had obtained a small quantity of seed from a Hungarian refugee and sowed it. The growth was so satisfactory that it was at once disseminated through his neighborhood under the name of Hungarian Grass. But, recognized as one of the numerous family of millets, it was by some called Hungarian Millet, and was soon recognized as the well known Panicum Germanicum, or German Millet, which it is--nothing more or less.

Culture--It may be sowed exactly as the common millet. One-third bushel to the acre is the quantity generally preferred in Iowa and Indiana--it produces both seed and grass, in good rich soil, in abundance. Two to four tons to the acre is no uncommon yield, and 20 to 40 bushels of seed is obtained. The greatest objection to it is that it is an exhausting crop, and should not be relied on as a general forage crop, but only as a substitute for the common grasses when they fail, and for this purpose it is admirably adapted, because the proper time for sowing it is in June or July, when the prospects for permanent meadow may be ascertained.

Its Value is variously estimated in different sections of the country. In Iowa it is exceedingly popular with all who have tried it, without a single exception that we have heard of. In other Western and Southern States it is variously estimated. In Kentucky, among experienced farmers, the general opinion we have heard expressed is that it is in no way superior to the common millet--some think not so valuable.--Louisville Journal.