PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. J^ 



posites her eggs in these by means of a fine trunk, and 

 in a few days she perishes. The progeny being hatch- 

 ed in the ear, feed upon the grain. They are very 

 small, from ten to fourteen being sometimes found in 

 one grain, and are distinguished by being of a bright 

 orange-color. 



"When stored in the granary it is subject to the attacks 

 of the weevil and other creatures. 



RYE. 



It Stands drought better than wheat, but is more apt 

 to suffer injury from wetness. It is a hardier plant than 

 wheat, and less subject to the attacks of insects and 

 diseases. 



Rye, though free from the diseases of wheat, is yet 

 subject to a peculiar one. This is the ergot, a fungous 

 plant, which, though it is found on other gramineous 

 plants, is more especially the disease of rye. Jt is a 

 long cartilaginous-like substance, taking the place ot 

 the grain, and projecting from the ear. It chiefly pre. 

 vails in humid seasons, in close situations, or where the 

 soil is wet. 



BARLEY. 



Of the genus Hordeum^ the following species may be 

 enumerated as cultivated for their seeds : 



Two-rowed Barley. 



Two-rowed Naked Barley. 



Two-rowed Sprat or Battledore Barley. 



Six-rowed Barley. 



Six-rowed Naked Barley. 



Six-rowed Sprat or Battledore Barley. 



The diseases of barley are not so numerous or fatal 

 as those of wheat. It is attacked by the larvae of cer- 

 tain flies. It is also subject to smut, though in a partial 

 degree, and the fungous is usually Uredo segctum. 



