1 82 FARM CROPS 



When wilted stack the vines loosely around a pole 

 about 7 feet high, using some sticks under them, 

 to keep them off the ground, and cap with hay or 

 straw. If stacked in large stacks or too closely, 

 they will heat, so this must be avoided. After 

 about four weeks the nuts may be picked from the 

 vines and stored where they will be dry and well 

 aired. 



PEARL MILLET. See Millets. 

 PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. A good hay 

 crop, but not generally grown. If planted in the 

 spring it grows abundantly, being ready to cut in 

 six or eight weeks. It is 

 very succulent in character, 

 but abhors dry weather. It 

 is good in pasture and 

 meadow mixtures and about 

 i bushel of seed to the acre 

 should be used. It fancies a 

 fertile soil containing much 

 lime and one moist and rich 

 in vegetable matter. It abhors 

 stiff clays. Where timothy 

 PERENNIAL RYE GRASS does well, there is little or 



Dry soils are disastrous no Occasion to USC this grass, 



to it, as are also stiff ^-^^ ,, 



clays. It is most useful in POLISH WHEAT. A 



mixtures with red top or , , , 



orchard grass which in- wheat plant somewhat re- 



decrfali" l " the rye sembling rye in general ap- 



pearance. It is rather tall, 



the stems are smooth and more or less pithy within. 

 It does not stool to any extent. It bears large 

 heads that are loosely formed before ripening; 

 these are bluish green in color. The grains are hard, 

 yellowish to white in color, and are much larger 

 than ordinary wheat. This wheat seems to be 



