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A good crop, however, produces twenty to thirty bushels 

 per acre. A bushel of rye weighs fifty-six pounds. From 

 fifty to seventy-five pounds of seed are sown per acre. 

 Uses of the straw. Rye is grown extensively in 

 parts of Europe for bread. In this country it is raised 

 chiefly for the straw, which, if well grown and cared 



FIELD OF Rvi: IN THK SHOCK 



for, is worth as much per acre as the grain. Rye straw 

 is more prized than any other as bedding for horses 

 and other stock. It is also used to manufacture hats, 

 mats, and lemonade straws. One company in Xew 

 York buys each year more than $25,000 of rye straw 

 to make lemonade straws. To save the straw, it is 

 tied in straight bundles, and these are bound together 

 in bales to be sent to market. A good yield is a ton 



