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ber, according to the object for which it is grown. When 

 sown to provide grazing, it may be sown as early as; say, 

 June or July. When thus sown, it will furnish grazing 

 during the summer and also the following spring. But 

 the amount of the grazing the following spring may 

 not equal that of rye that has been sown later, and 

 that has not been so grazed the preceding autumn. 

 When rye is sown to produce some grazing autumn and 

 spring, followed by a crop of grain, it is more commonly 

 sown in August or September. When it is sown late 

 to provide grain, as in October, it will usually be wise 

 not to graze at all, either spring or fall, because of the 

 somewhat delicate character of the growth. 



The method of sowing is much the same as for 

 wheat. The aim should be, in all instances, to sow rye 

 with the drill rather than broadcast, for reasons that 

 will be apparent. Especially is this true of rye that is 

 sown amid stubbles. When thus sown the drill buries 

 the seed to a depth that will enable the plants the better 

 to resist the influences of adverse winter weather. When 

 sown amid standing corn, the small one-horse drill must 

 needs be used. When sown after the corn has been 

 harvested, the ordinary seed drill will do the work suf- 

 ficiently well, but there may be instances in which the 

 disc or the disc and harrow may profitably precede the 

 drill. 



Rye should be buried to the depth of 2 to 3 inches 

 in the soil under average conditions, but there may be 

 instances in which the seed should be buried more deeply 

 in order to reach soil moisture; especially is this true in 

 the dry autumn. The more deeply that the seed is sown 

 up to a certain limit, the better will it withstand drought, 

 and the less easily will it be injured by the harrowing 

 process. 



Rye does not stool as much as wheat and oats, and 

 therefore should be sown somewhat more thickly, espe- 



