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Definition of Hog millet
1. Noun. Extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hog Millet
Literary usage of Hog millet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1909)
"The hog millet, referred to by Mr. Carleton, is quite similar in its nature ...
The Japanese Panicle has proven superior to the hog millet as a fodder crop ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"hog millet. A tall annual (3-4 ft.), with soft Ivs., grown for fodder, but not
in common use in this country: spikelets large, in a rather compact drooping ..."
3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Broom-corn millet, hog millet or Proso (Panicum miliaceum), cultivated in Russia
and other countries as human food and now grown to a considerable extent in ..."
4. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"In Europe and America they are used wholly as forage, but in other countries have
been grown for human food. « Broom-corn millet, hog millet or Proso ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"hog millet. (Fig. 524.) A rather coarse annual, two to four feet high, with hispid
sheaths and large, drooping panicles. A native of the Old World, ..."
6. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"This is called also broom- corn or hog millet. Sudan grass has assumed prominence
in recent years. ORDINARY MEADOW HAY Under this term is included the hay ..."
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