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it may also be sown in March and April and furnish a 

 good cutting of fodder the same season. In the North 

 the seed will usually he sown the same time as winter 

 wheat or rye; it will usually be sown with one 

 or the other of these crops, if sown in the autumn. In 

 the spring the seed may be sown at the same time as the 

 small cereal grains as a matter of convenience, since 

 it will more commonly be sown with these, but it may 

 also be sown later if desired. 



Tall oat grass may be sown as already virtually in- 

 timated with any of the small cereal grains. But in 

 seasons of good growth the oat grass sometimes grows 

 so strong as to hinder the yields of the grain. Espe- 

 cially is this result likely to follow when it is sown 

 with winter wheat. The value of the wheat straw in 

 such instances is greatly enhanced, but it may be at too 

 much of a sacrifice to the grain. The feeding value of 

 the straw of winter rye would thus also be considerably 

 enhanced, but it may be at too great a sacrifice of the 

 rye. The feeding value of the winter rye straw would 

 be considerably increased without so much injury to 

 the grain yield as in the case of wheat. When sown 

 with winter barley or winter oats, a good fodder crop 

 of the two should be produced the following spring. 

 It may also be grown in some localities with either of 

 the rye grasses. 



This grass is usually sown by hand, more especially 

 when sown in the chaff ; since the seed is large it is not 

 difficult to sow it thus. It should be covered with 

 the harrow when thus sown, but it does not require to be 

 so deeply covered as grain. Where the seed is clean it 



