TABLE OF CONTENTS 



XI 



CHAPTER VIII 



Rye 



Historical, 177 — Botanical characteristics, 177 — Uses 

 of rye, 178 — Production, 180 — Adaptation, 181 — 

 Methods of culture, 182 — Fungous diseases and insect 

 enemies, 183. 



CHAPTER IX 

 Rice and Buckwheat ....... 



Rice : Historical, 184 — Botanical characteristics, 184 

 — Uses, 185 — Production and distribution, 186 — Adap- 

 tation, 187 — Cultural methods, 188 — Buckwheat : His- 

 torical, 189 — Description, 189 — Uses, 191 — Production, 

 191 — Cultural methods, 192. 



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177-183 



184-193 



CHAPTER X 

 The Perennial Grasses ....... 194-209 



Timothy: Description, 194 — Distribution and adap- 

 tation, 196 — Cultural methods, 197-200 — Kentucky 

 blue-grass : Description, 201 — Distribution and adapta- 

 tion, 203 — Uses, 204 — Cultural methods, 205 — Canada 

 blue-grass, 206 — Redtop : Description, 200 — Adapta- 

 tion and distribution, 208 — U.ses, 208 — Cultural meth- 

 ods, 209. 



CHAPTER XI 

 Other Perennial Grasses ....... 210-220 



Orchard grass: Description, 210 — Distribution and 

 adaptation, 211 — Uses, 211 — Cultural methods, 212 — 

 Brome-grass, 212-215 — The fescues, 215-217 — Ber- 

 muda-grass, 217-218 — .Johnson-grass, 219 — The rye- 

 grasses, 219. 



CHAPTER XII 

 Annual Grasses for Grain and Forage .... 221-238 

 The millets : The foxtail millets, 221-224 



corn millets, 224 - 



The broom- 

 The barnyard millets, 225 — Pearl 



