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conditions for growth, the less the quantity of the 

 seed required. When the seed is broadcasted, it is 

 commonly covered with one stroke of the harrow, 

 and may or may not be rolled subsequently with 

 advantage, according to conditions. If drilled in, 

 much benefit will result from following the seeder 

 with the roller, unless where the soils are so light 

 as to carry with the wind. In moist climates it will 

 be advantageous to sow in raised drills, otherwise 

 the rows should be on the level. 



Rape may be sown with corn to provide pas- 

 ture, as described in Chapter II. It may also be 

 sown in the same just before the last cultivation 

 given to the corn, when the corn is "laid by" for the 

 season. When thus sown, an average of three 

 pounds of seed may be used per acre. It can be 

 most easily sown from the saddle. The seed is car- 

 ried in a sowing box in front of the rider and is held 

 in place by shoulder straps. The cultivation that 

 follows should be light. After the corn crop has 

 been removed, the rape is pastured. The value of 

 the pasture thus furnished will depend upon the 

 character of the soil and season, and on the lack of 

 denseness in the shade furnished by the corn. When 

 the late summer and autumn weather are both dry, 

 and when at the same time the shade of the corn is 

 dense, but little pasture will be provided. Under the 

 opposite conditions, however, and where the winter 

 closes in tardily, much pasture may be thus grown. 



Rape may also be grown along with sorghum, 

 as described in Chapter III. And in many instances 

 it may be sown with much advantage along with 

 all the common cereals, as wheat, oats, barley and 

 rye, whether these are grown singly or in conjunc- 



