ROZEN RYE, GOOD AND BAD 



The two heads in the center show a side and edge view of Rosen Rye. The two heads at 

 the left show an edge and side view of common rye. The two heads at the right represent 

 what is known by the inspectors as the off-type. This shows the large kernels of the Rosen 

 and the poor filling of the common. This type results from a cross. (Fig. 15.) 



been more or less crossed, and though 

 it is increasing yields five to ten bushels 

 per acre and should be used in pref- 

 erence to common rye, yet it cannot 

 be considered equivalent to pure Rosen 

 Rye. 



The farmer who grows common rye 

 knows that fifteen bushels per acre is 

 all he can expect in an average year, 

 with twenty bushels per acre as an ex- 

 ceptionally good yield. Yet the farm- 

 ers who have had experience with pure 

 Rosen Rye will agree that twenty 

 bushels is a low yield for the variety, 

 and that forty to forty-five bushels per 

 acre yields are not uncommon. 



Rye does not belong on every farm, 

 but it is particularly adapted to large 

 areas of the ligliter soils of this state. 

 To prevent washing and leaching, these 

 soils should not be permitted to go 

 through the fall and winter without a 

 growing crop of .some kind. Tn nearly 



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every case, the thirty-five to forty- 

 bushel yields of Rosen Rye have been 

 obtained from fields sown during the 

 first half of September. While it is far 

 from our desire to advocate late sowing 

 of rye, yet this crop can be used to 

 advantage on thousands of Michigan 

 acres to follow crops of corn and beans. 

 Now that Rosen Rye has asserted its 

 superiority in nearly every rye-produc- 

 ing section and will yield over 300.000 

 bushels in the state during 1917, it 

 should largely supplant all other varie- 

 ties after that date, for ordinarily 

 Michigan grows about 300,000 acres of 

 rye; but this year (1917) there will 

 probably be twice or thrice that acre- 

 age sown. If this occurs, many will 

 be unable to get even Rosen Rye that 

 is somewhat mixed, but by next year 

 (1918) Michigan will not only be the 

 leading rye-producing state, but she will 

 <louble tlio ff)iir and n lialf inilh'on vield 



