A NEW BREED OF RYE. FARMERS COOPERATE WITH SCIENTISTS 



Upper photograph shows a field of Rosen Rye. Note the larger heads on shorter straw 

 than is ordinary in common varieties. 



Lower photograph: Mr. J. W. Nicolson, Secretary, Michigan Crop Improvement Asso- 

 ciation, inspecting farmers' grain samples. The farmers, whose fields pass inspection, 

 send a sample and promise the rest of the seed sold under the Association shall be up to 

 this standard. (Fig. 16.) 



