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done early in September, sufficient growth will be obtained 

 for good fall and winter pasture. Rye can be pastured 

 through the fall, winter, and spring without apparent in- 

 jury to the crop. It is one of the very best crops with 

 which to seed grasses and clovers. The grass seed can be 

 sown with a seeder attachment 

 to the drill at the same time 

 that the rye is seeded in the fall, 

 and the clover seeding can be 

 done the following spring. 



Harvesting and Threshing. - 

 Rye is harvested in the same 

 way as other small grains and 

 is shocked and later hauled to 

 the barns for storage or put in 

 large stacks to await threshing. 

 When stacked or put in barns 

 it should be left three or four 

 weeks before threshing in order 

 that it may go through the 

 sweat, which is common to all 

 grains and forage plants after 

 harvesting. If threshed while 

 in the sweat, the straw is tough 

 and the grain moist and unfit 



for grinding. Rye is USUally Fig. 54. A well-developed plant of 

 - T i TI . , pedigree fall rye from a single seed. 



threshed like other gram, and 



is then put in bins for storage. If threshed from the 

 field or from stacks before going through the sweat, it 

 should be stored in shallow bins and shoveled over fre- 

 quently until thoroughly dry. 

 Uses. Rye is used for the manufacture of flour. A 



