In the afternoon she may well have spent several hours pounding millet for the family's meal that evening. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Japanese millet, a domesticated variant of wild millet, is popular with ducks but overlooked by hunters. From Wordnik.com. [What's on the Menu] Reference
Generally, their food consists largely of a kind of millet, which is almost tasteless. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
I think the millet was a bit sticky, but the stew was yums. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: January 2005 Archives] Reference
The grain of millet, which is fairly uniform in size, was taken as the unit of both. From Wordnik.com. [The Civilization of China] Reference
The trade that exists is entirely in provisions, principally in ghaseb, or millet, which is imported from Damerghou. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government] Reference
They were still officially, in the eyes of the law, members of the rum millet, that is of the Orthodox community under the. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
The wild flora includes herbaceous species such as millet Pennisetum sp. From Wordnik.com. ['W' National Park, Niger] Reference
Some of these grains, such as millet and rye, we are familiar with; others are quite unknown to us. From Wordnik.com. [The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan] Reference
A bait such as millet, corn or other grain is then placed on the cloth and somehow the mice manage to fall in!. From Wordnik.com. [8: Plant protection and pest control] Reference
Nachani or finger millet is so new to me. From Wordnik.com. [Nachani Kobi Palak Kabab] Reference
Aino: they call the millet “the divine cereal,”. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion] Reference
Turkish corn is most generally grown, and a kind of millet, called gom. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey Round the World] Reference
Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria italica, Kth. The rendering "millet", in D. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Dove are migratory birds, prolific throughout the region, and feed on seeds such as millet and sunflower. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
He believes there is great scope to expand crops traditionally grown in Africa, such as millet, sorghum, cassava or yams. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The authors say farmers must learn to use marginal lands that could be prime location for crops such as millet, sorghum and cowpea. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
A covering of wheat or millet bran is now laid over the furrows. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Each operation distributed 150 bags of millet and 420 bags of wheat. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Belanger: On the front lines of the war against hunger in Niger] Reference
Monsoons allow crops like millet to grow in the deserts of Rajasthan. From Wordnik.com. [Untold Harvest] Reference
The village has had three subsidised sales of millet and animal feed. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Belanger: On the front lines of the war against hunger in Niger] Reference
They give us milk and we sell some of them at a good price to buy millet. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Belanger: On the front lines of the war against hunger in Niger] Reference
Buckwheat and finger millet, for example, reduce the risk of heart disease. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The Ateso people from the east make theirs with millet - plus malt, plus yeast. From Wordnik.com. [Ugandan Home Brews Result In More Than Hangovers] Reference
Then he took a small box from his girdle and opened it: it was filled with grains of millet. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
At last a little bird came by and promised for three bushels of millet to drive the goat away. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
A tumor, varying in size from that of a millet seed to a hazelnut, then forms in the wall of the intestine. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Preliminary research suggests that these same traits would work on sorghum, millet and perhaps even cowpeas. From Wordnik.com. [What Green Revolution?] Reference
The pleura and peritoneum may be thickened and covered with tubercles about the size of a millet seed, or larger. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Special preliminary treatment was given to hard, woody materials like sugarcane, millet stumps, wood shavings and waste paper. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
With that, he bought 5 bags of millet to feed his family of 15 people and has been able to ensure that they have three meals a day. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Belanger: On the front lines of the war against hunger in Niger] Reference
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