102 RYE 



The group a 1 should be prepared by plowing immediately 

 after the above-named crops have been removed. The 

 drag should follow the plow immediately. If ground is 

 plowed and harrowed in July or August, in northern lati- 

 tudes it can lie until September before sowing the seed. 

 Just before seeding, the disk or other cultivator should be 

 run over the ground. The seed is sown with a drill or broad- 

 cast seeder, using from ii to 2 bushels of seed per acre. 



Fig- 53- Harrowing, rolling, and seeding a rye field. 



The smaller amount of seed should be sown on the richer 

 grades of soils as the rye stools more strongly on land high 

 in fertility. The seed can be tested by the method given in 

 Chapter II. (See page 30.) 



If the ground has been recently plowed and the land is 

 loose and dry, rolling, after seeding, will assist germination, 

 as through this process the soil particles are brought in 

 close contact with each individual seed. The fine-tooth 

 harrow should be run over the ground once after rolling or 

 before sowing the seed if rolling is not done. If sowing is 



