118 ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE . 



It may be sown in drills and cultivated, or broadcast, as 

 desired. When sown in drills from two to three pecks of 

 seed are used; when sown broadcast from four to six pecks. 

 Vetch is an annual legume plant, very fine and trailing 

 in character. It is grown for hay, or as a green manure 

 crop. There are two kinds, spring and winter. The winter, 

 or hairy vetch, is by far the more valuable. It may be 

 sown in the fall or spring, as desired. It is commonly sown 

 in the fall with rye, and the whole crop cut for hay early 

 the following summer or plowed under. It is sown at the 

 rate of from four to six pecks per acre. None of the annual 

 legume crops are important in general farming where the 

 clovers and alfalfa can be grown successfully. 



Questions: 



1. Tell what you can about the uses and culture of millet. 



2. Tell what you can about the uses and culture of rape. 



3. Tell what you can about the uses and culture of the annual 

 legume crops discussed in this lesson. 



Arithmetic: 



1. If rape seed costs 8c. per pound, and 33^ lbs. are required per 

 acre, how much does rape seed cost per acre? 



2. If 3 bus. of peas are required to seed an acre, how much will 

 they cost at $1.50 per bushel? 



3. What is the value of an acre of rape pasture, if it will produce 

 as much pork as 1,000 lbs. of shorts, when shorts are worth $25 per 

 ton? 



BICE AND SUGAR CANE 



Rice is one of the oldest cultivated plants, and forms 

 the staple article of diet for millions of people in India, 

 China and Japan. The world's rice crop exceeds the world's 

 wheat crop or corn crop. Nearly all the rice grown in the 

 United States is raised in three states, Louisiana, Texas, 

 and Arkansas. The fertile river valleys and plains of these 

 states and their warm climate make rice-growing profitable. 



The land is prepared in much the same manner as for 

 other grains, — plowed in the spring and disked and harrowed. 

 The seed is generally sown with a grain drill at the rate of 

 one to two bushels per acre, either the latter part of April 

 or the first of May. When the crop is about eight inches 

 high, it is flooded with water to a depth of from three to 

 six inches, which depth is maintained until the crop begins 

 to ripen. The water is then drawn off to allow the ground 



