[605] De Re Rust. ii. 21.
[606] See B. ii. c. 48.
[607] Those keep the best, Fée says, which have a farinaceous perisperm. Millet has but one coat.
[608] This, in reality, would tend to make them turn rancid all the sooner.
[609] And so repel the attacks of insects.
[610] This would not only spoil the flavour, but absolutely injure the corn as well.
[611] This also, if practised to any extent, would infallibly spoil the grain.
[612] De Re Rust. i. 57.
[613] See B. xix. c. [15]: also Columella, De Re Rust. B. ii. c. 10.
[614] Twelfth of August.