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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



Harvesting and Use. — Barley is harvested in the same manner as 

 oats. It should be shocked in round shocks with cap sheaves, and in 

 threshing the cap sheaves are usually threshed separately in order to secure 

 as large a proportion as possible of unstained grain. Barley that is dis- 

 colored by rains commands a much lower price than bright, unstained grain. 



More than half of the barley produced in North America finds its 

 way into the market, and much of it is used in the manufacture of malt. 

 Malt is largely used in the production of beer and other malt liquors. 

 Barley for this purpose should be clean and bright in color, and should 



A Field of Winter Barley Seeded after Corn, Anne Arundel County, Md. 1 



be free from foreign seeds and broken grains, and possess a high germi- 

 nating power. 



Use of By-Products. — Straw from barley is less palatable than that 

 of oats or beardless wheat, and is also somewhat less nutritious. It 

 makes excellent bedding, although the beards are more or less irritating 

 to both man and beast. 



RYE 



Rye is of minor importance both in the United States and Canada. 

 Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and New York produce 

 64 per cent of that grown in the United States, while Ontario produces 

 the most in Canada. 



>From Farmers' Bulletin 518, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



