CHAPTER III. 



Rye Barley Oats. 



Ear and Plant of Rye. 



RYE Secale cereale. In former times this grain 

 was much more extensively cultivated among us, than 

 it has been of late years. Not two centuries have 

 passed since rye flour, either by itself, or mixed with 

 wheat, furnished nearly all the bread consumed by the 

 labouring classes in England. 



