186 BARLEY 



machine, and attention given when barley is being threshed for 

 market. 



Feed Barley. The term " feed barley " is given on the market 

 to 'barley that for any reason is not suitable for malting. In some 

 cases only the germinating quality is injured, and the grain is of 

 good weight, but usually feed barley is rather light in weight, broken 

 and chaffy. 



BARLEY CULTURE 



Barley culture is so similar to that of oats, that very little special 

 information need be added. Barley and oats are as a rule both grown 

 on the same farms and are competing crops. The preparation of 

 land, time and method of sowing are similar. A few differences 

 may be noted. 



Rate of Seeding. In the humid regions about eight pecks :s the 

 normal rate of sowing barley, though this may vary from six to 

 twelve pecks. In the semi-arid regions both winter and spring 

 barleys are sown at a lower rate, varying from four to eight pecks 

 per acre. 



Time of Sowing. It is best to sow barley as soon as the soil 

 can be prepared in the spring. However, where both oats and barley 

 are grown on the same farm, it is the general custom to sow the 

 oat crop first and the 'barley next. 



Winter barley is generally sown earlier than winter oats, as it is 

 less hardy. The time of sowing varies from September 15th to 

 October 15th, in the Southeastern States. In California and the 

 Southwest, ordinary spring barleys are sown from November to 

 March, the time varying according to elevation and local climatic 

 conditions. 



Barley Mixtures. It is a common practice in Eastern Canada 

 to sow oats and barley in mixtures (p. 164). The usual rate of 

 sowing is to use about one bushel each of oats and barley. In making 

 the mixture care should be taken to have varieties of oats and barley 

 maturing at about the same time. 



Diseases and Insects. Barley is subject to both loose smut and 

 covered smut. The loose smut is controlled by the modified hot 

 water treatment, while the covered smut is controlled by the forma- 

 line treatment. Of the two, loose smut is the more destructive. 

 Rusts are, also, common on barley but no remedy is known. 



