GRAINS. 171 



All that we have said in regard to the preparation of the sv)il, 

 careful selection of seed, drilling in the seed, and harvesting ihe 

 crop, in the preceding pages, is applicable equally to rye as to 

 wheat. 



Rich barnyard manure, composted as described in Chapterlll., 

 and applied at the rate of ten cords io the acre, will prove 

 abundantly remunerative. Farmer Slack, who allows the most 

 valuable part of his manure to go to waste, has little or none 

 left to apply to his rye, and has poor crops. 



"When rye straw is as valuable as at present, a heavy crop of 

 rye is an object worth trying for. Subsoil, harrow and cross 

 harrow, manure as directed, not forgetting the salt, lime, or 

 bones, and sow early, the last of August or first of September, 

 We have known over eiglity bushels of grain, and over nine 

 thousand pounds of straw, secured from two acres by the above 

 method of cultivation. If the seed is carefully selected the 

 grains will be larger than the average and not as many, of 

 course, to the bu;3hel ; we therefore advise sowing from one and 

 a half to two bushels of selected seed, or drilling one to one and 

 a half bushels. Every sheep raiser would do well to sow a 

 patch of rye for late pasturage, as it brings the stock to the 

 winter in the best condition, and will also afford early pastuie 

 in the spring. 



Barley is usually and best grown, between a root or corn 

 crop that has been heavily manured and well cultivated, and a 

 wheat crop. No barnyard manure should be applied directly 

 to the barley, but liberally to the crop that precedes it. When 

 the crop of corn or roots is off, plow the land. There will not 

 be time in the spring, as the crop must go in as soon as the dan- 

 ger of severe frosts is over. If drilled in, use two bushels of 

 seed ; if sowed broadcast, two and a half bushels. "When the 

 head assumes a reddish cast and lops down, is the time to cut 



