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will grow vigorously for a time, and may thus be made 

 to provide considerable pasture, but it will not reach the 

 earing stage, at least under many conditions. 



Sowing. With reference to varieties, but little can 

 be said. Rye is simply rye in the mind of the western 

 farmer, but in time there will be distinct varieties of 



DRY LAND RYE. 



Holter Ranch, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. 

 Courtesy Great Northern Railway Co. 



rye, some of which will no doubt be possessed of superior 

 merit. Some foreign varieties have already been intro- 

 duced which promise considerable in the line of increased 

 production. 



Rye of the winter varieties may be sown at any time 

 from, say, early June until late September or even Octo- 



