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effects in that Country ; and it the grain be kept some con- 

 siderable length of lime, betore it is eaten, u will not 

 prove hurtful. 



We notice this disease of rye, in order that, if similar 

 eff cts should ever be produced from it here, the cause of 

 any such malady, and the means of obviating it, may be 

 more readily understood. 



Rye may be raised for many years in succession on the 

 same ground, without materially exhausting the soil, parti- 

 cularly if it be perfectly suitable to the growth ot this grain; 

 and provided, also, that the stubble be turned under imme- 

 diately after taking off the crop: But where the ground is 

 buffered to remain unploughed, till the stubble has become 

 divested of all its moisture, and the seeds of the weeds 

 have ripened, the successive crops will gradually lessen in 

 product, and the weeds will increase. 



We would, however, by no means recommend such a 

 mode of culture, unless as much as twenty-five bushels, or 

 more, of this grain could be yearly had from the acre; as 

 such a yearly product would probably afford a clear profit, 

 to the acre, of half that number of bushels; and such a pro* 

 fit, in some of the lighter, and in some of the harder, kinds 

 of soils, is not to be despised. 



As the soil most suitable for rye is usually that which is 

 most benefited by the use of gypsum, it would be much the 

 better plan, instead of successive crops of Winter-rye, to 

 sow this grain, and Spring-rye, alternately, in order that the 

 ground might, every other year, be enriched by the appli- 

 cation of this manure. 



The growing crop of rye receives no benefit from the ap- 

 plication of this manure ; bui it quickly covers the ground 

 with a fine sward of white-clover ; and, as soon as ground 

 is thus swarded, it is in good condition tor bearing any crop. 

 Let the gypsum, therefore, be sown in the Spring, on the 

 growing crop of Winter-rye; and, by the middle of Octo- 

 ber following^ the ground will be covered with white clover; 

 turn this sward over in the latter end of the F^ll, and in 

 the Spring sow a crop of Spring-rye ; and, as soon as this 

 is taken off, turn the ground over again tor a crop of Win- 

 ter-rye; and in the Spring repeat the process ot manuring 

 with gypsum, as betore, tor a crop of Spring-rye, and thus 

 proceed with these crops alternately. 



In this way, we will venture to say, that nearly double 

 the amount ot grain might be obtained, in each crop; par- 

 ticularly in the northerly part of our Country, where Spring- 

 rye is nearly as productive as that ot Winter. 



In such a mode of culture, however, particular attention 

 should be paid to turning under the stubble of the crop of 

 Spring-rye as quick as possible, in order that the seeds of 



