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DRY LAND FARMING 



cially when compared with wheat. When sown for 

 the grain, not fewer than, say, 5 pecks of winter or 

 spring rye should be sown where the rainfall is about 

 15 inches for the year. When sown for pasture mainly, 

 or for hay, as much as 2 bushels of seed may sown. 

 The grazing of the plants reduces the drain on soil mois- 

 ture that would otherwise follow. When sown for burial, 

 reasonably thick seeding, as in the case of sowing for 

 pasture, will best serve the purpose. 



DRY LAND RYE, ROSEBUD COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



The care of rye. The care of winter rye involves, 

 chiefly, the harrowing of the crop and the pasturing of the 

 same. Much that has been said with reference to the 

 harrowing of winter wheat will also apply to winter 

 rye. But when winter rye is sown as early as, say, June 

 or July, to provide autumn pasture, it should be har- 

 rowed more times than winter wheat and usually in pro- 



