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be benefitted by the application of 

 gypsum. "The growing crop of 

 rye," says the author of that work, 

 " receives no benefit from the ap- 

 plication of this manure ; but it 

 quickly covers the ground vrith a 

 fine sward of white clover; and as 

 soon as ground is thus swarded, it 

 is in good condition for bearing 

 any crop. Let the gypsum, there- 

 fore, be sown in the spring, on the 

 growing crop of winter rye ; and 

 by the middle of October follow- 

 ing, the ground will be covered 

 with white clover; turn this sward 

 over in the latter end of the fall, 

 and in the spring sow a crop of 

 spring-rye ; and, as soon as that is 

 taken off, turn the ground over 

 again for a crop of winter- rye ; and 

 in the spring repeat the process of 

 manuring with gypsum as before, 

 for a crop of spring- rye, and thus 

 proceed with these crops alternate- 



" In such a mode of culture, how- 

 ever, particular attention should 

 be paid to turning under the stub- 

 ble of the crop of spring-rye as 

 quick as possible, in order that the 

 seeds of the growing weeds be pre- 

 vented from ripening, as well as 

 for enabling other seeds, which 

 may be buried in the soil to vege- 

 tate, and thus be destroyed by the 

 after-ploughing and harrowing for 

 putting in the next crop. 



" Where winter rye is early 

 sown, a bushel to the acre is pro- 

 bably sufficient; but for spring- 

 rye, a bushel and a half to the acre, 

 or perhaps more should be sown." 



It has been said that a peck of 

 oats, sowed with a bushel of spring- 

 rye, will prevent its blasting. It 



is easily separated by winnow- 

 ing. 



Mr. Gardner Whiting, of Charles- 

 town, Massachusetts, raised in the 

 year 1820, on one acre of land, on 

 Bunker Hill, forty-eight bushels 

 and four quarts of rye. 



RYE GRASS, Lolium, a sort 

 of grass propagated in England for 

 hay, sometimes called Ray grass. 



This grass is in good esteem in 

 England, and has been but little 

 cultivated in this country, as we 

 believe chiefly from the circum- 

 stance of its seeds not being for 

 sale with us. We know one, and 

 it is the only instance in which the 

 experiment has been extensively 

 tried. In this the ray-grass was 

 sowed alone, and the field has con- 

 tinued for fifteen years to yield an 

 ample crop of excellent grass. See 

 Grasses. 



S. 



SAINFOIN, Hedysarum Ono- 

 brychis. This is a species of grass 

 which will grow on dry and strong 

 soils, which are unfit for other cul- 

 tivation, and will produce a ton of 

 hay to an acre, besides after growth, 

 on poor and shallow soils. It is an 

 early grass, and therefore useful 

 for soiling, for which purpose it 

 may be used for the fore part of 

 the season and mowed the latter 

 part. It will yield good crops for 

 ten or fifteen years, at the expira- 

 tion of which time it affords an ex- 

 cellent pasture for sheep. The 

 hay, it is said, will fatten horses 

 without oats. It increases the 

 quantity of milk in cows, and im- 



