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to throw animals "off feed/' as giving them the 

 cleaned grain. Some of the beardless wheats 

 may be fed in the bundle. Bearded sorts will 

 need to be threshed. 



Eye is not appreciated as it should be. In 

 the West, rye is not raised to any extent for the 

 production of flour. There is some prejudice 

 against rye as stock food. There is, perhaps, no 

 more valuable grain for the feeding of swine 

 than rye and it should be more generally raised 

 for this purpose. Rye hay is of much value in 

 some sections. When raised for hay it should 

 be planted thick and cut when in the milk or 

 early dough stage. The winter rye is one of our 

 most hardy grains and one of the most important 

 ones for the dry farmer. It succeeds in almost 

 any part of the arid region, and on new dry farm 

 lands produces over forty bushels per acre as a 

 maximum crop. Rye sometimes lives several 

 years and produces a number of crops with one 

 planting if cut in its early stages. 



Rye may be planted early in the fall, the last 

 CULTURE O f August or any time during September, and 



the young growth may be used for pasturing 

 stock either in late fall or early spring. The 

 ground should be well filled with moisture be- 

 fore the rye is planted, but this crop will stand 

 winter drouth and cold. It should be harrowed 

 one or more times in the spring and if water can 



