See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= See also:

• LAT

Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)  , a name applied with little definiteness to a considerable number of often very variable See also:

• SPECIES

species of cereals, belonging to distinct genera and even subfamilies of Gramineae . See also:

• COMMON

Common See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet is Panicum miliaceum (See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Hirse) . It is probably a native of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia but has been cultivated in Egypt, See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe from prehistoric times . It is See also:

• ANNUAL

annual, requires See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich but friable See also:

• SOIL

soil, grows to about 3 or 4 ft. high, and is characterized by its bristly, much branched nodding panicles . One variety has See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black grains . It is cultivated in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, southern Europe, and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and ripens as far See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north as southern See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in fact, wherever the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate admits of the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . The See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, which is very nutritious, is used in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of groats, and makes excellent See also:

• BREAD

bread when mixed with wheaten See also:

• FLOUR

flour . It is also largely used for feeding poultry, for which purpose mainly it is imported . Hungarian grass, Setaria italica (also called Panicum italicum), a native of eastern Asia is one of the most whole-some and palatable See also:

• INDIAN

Indian cereals . It is annual, grows 4 to 5 ft. high, and requires dry See also:

• LIGHT

light soil . German Millet (Ger . Kolbenhirse, Mohar) is probably merely a less valuable and See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf variety of S. italica, having an erect, compact, and shorter spike .

The grains of both are very small, only one See also:

• HALF

half as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as those of common millet, but are exceedingly prolific . Many stalks arise from a single See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root, and a single spike often yields 2 oz. of grain, the See also:

• TOTAL

total yield being five times that of See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat . They are imported for poultry feeding like the former species and for cage-birds, but are extensively used in soups, &c., on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent . Numerous other species belonging to the vast genus Panicum—the largest among See also:

• GRASSES

grasses, of which the following are among the most important—are also cultivated in tropical or subtropical countries for their grain or as See also:

• FODDER

fodder Setaria italica . grasses, or both, each variety of soil, from swamp to See also:

• DESERT

desert, having its characteristic forms . See also:

• POLISH

Polish millet is P. sanguinale; P. frumentaceum, shamalo, a See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan grass, is probably a native of tropical Africa; P. decompositum Is the Australian millet, its grains being made into cakes by the See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines . P. maximum is the See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea grass, native of tropical Africa; it is perennial, grows 8 ft. high, and yields abundance of highly nutritious grain . P. spectabile is the coapim of See also:

• ANGOLA

Angola, but has been acclimatized in See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil and other tropical countries . Other gigantic species 6 or 7 ft. high form the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-crops on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon . Of species belonging to allied genera, Pennisetum typhoideum, bajree, sometimes also called See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian millet or See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl millet, is largely cultivated in tropical Asia, See also:

• NUBIA

Nubia and Egypt . Species of Paspalum, Eleusine and Milium, are also cultivated as millets .