528 Rye.— The Ivfiuence of the Bible, &c. [November, 



p^YE. Rye is cultivated in almost all the climates on tlie globe, 



its northern limit being about 26 deg. It is used for distilling as 

 much perhaps as for bread. 



Of the common rye so long and so widely cultivated, we need not 

 speak, but it may not be known to all our readers that a new kind of 

 rye, called the muUicole, was introduced to our agriculturists by the 

 Commissioner of Patents in 1845. It has proved itself a good vari- 

 ety, bearing a heavy crop in our most northern latitudes. 



The Siberian is also remarkable for the quantity both of its stalk 

 and grain, and coming from a cold country will do well in any part 

 of the United States. With all kinds of plants it is always better 

 to remove them toward the south than toward the north 



The proper soil for rye is a light sandy loam — but it will grow in 

 any soil that is properly loosened, and is not too wet. 



Rye makes a very good fodder for cattle, and for selling has one 

 o-reat advantage : that it comes into use earlier in the season than 

 any other grain crop. It may also be used as a green manure. 



Rye should have but a very shallow covering, not exceeding an 

 inch, and less than this is hetter.^— Plough, Loom and Anvil 



The Influence of the Bible on Communities.— The Bible, 

 for more than a thousand years, has gone hand in hand with civili- 

 zation, science and law. It has never been behind the age ; nay, it 

 has always gone before it, like the pillar of fire before Israel in the 

 wilderness. Its great principles of order, submission, and freedom, 

 have been the stability of states. Its presence among them has been 

 a saving ark, a refuge, and a rest. How far, even beyond the pres- 

 ent time, gleams the light of that wondrous book, which describes 

 and promises true freedom and fraternity, that divine and universal 

 brotherhood of which the nations only dream. In a word, the Chris- 

 tian revelation is the true salt of the earth, the vital force of com- 

 munities and states. It alone regenerates. There never was found, 

 in any age of the world, says Lord Bacon, either religion or law that 

 did so highly exalt the public good as the Bible. 



