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and even where wheat is grown somewhat the fact 

 that it ripens before wheat lengthens the grain har- 

 vest, which is often desirable. As a soiling crop and 

 as a crop for green- manuring it has been highly es- 

 teemed. Indeed, in any thorough system of soiling 

 it is almost an essential as furnishing green food un- 

 til clover is large enough to cut. While there is 

 evidence which tends to show that the yield of green 

 rye used as a soiling crop is not so great as that of 

 medium red clover, and that it is less rich in albu- 

 minoids, yet in practice it has been found very satis- 

 factory- This is especially true in the production of 

 milk for city delivery, where it is important that the 

 milk be acceptable to the taste. There are many ways 

 in which rye may form and does form an important, 

 although subordinate part, of a system of mixed 

 husbandry. 



Composition. — Analyses show that rye in the 

 kernels is less nutritious than wheat, and that the dif- 

 ference in their respective flour is still greater. Kye 

 bran is much richer in albuminoids than wheat bran. 

 Coarse rye bread is more nutritious than fine rye 

 bread. Fine rye bread is less nutritious than line 

 white bread. On the European continent, where coarse 

 rye bread is largely eaten, it has always been considered 

 more nutritious than wheat bread. 



Rye is not so variable as wheat in chemical compo- 

 sition and is not very susceptible to climatic condi- 

 tions. In structure it is more like wheat than any 

 other cultivated plant. 



Climate. — Rye is a very hardy plant. It stands 

 severe winters better than wheat. It is naturally a 

 plant of cold climate, just as barley is one of com- 

 paratively warm climate. 



