Ihe RURAL N E W - YORKER 
A Superior Kind of Rye 
A recent article on page 900 entitled 
"Selling the Tenant’s Share of Itye’' 
caught my attention, particularly the sen¬ 
tence in your answer, “If the rye is good 
it may yield 18 bu. to the acre, although 
that would be above the average.’’ 1 
wonder if you have ever heard of and in¬ 
vestigated the unusual variety of rye 
which has in the past few years been dis¬ 
tributed over Michigan through the offices 
of the Michigan Agricultural College, the 
Rosen rye? As an example of its pro¬ 
ductiveness, I would like to tell you of 
our experience with it. 
Previous to 1910 we had been raising 
rye as a grain crop to a moderate extent, 
averaging 16 or 18 bu. per acre: in fact, 
raised IT y 2 bu. per acre in 1915 on 20 
acres. That Fall we obtained 10 bu. of 
certified seed, and in 1916 thrashed 196 
bu. from eight acres. . The Fall of 1916 
sowed 12 acres October 12, after beans, 
and thrashed from this sowing 524 bu., or 
43 2/3 bu. per acre, and baled 15 tons of 
straw. The Fall of 1917 we so-wed one 
five-racre field in late August or early 
September, which yielded 222 bu., or 44(4 
bu. per acre; one 13-acre field on October 
6 and 7, which went in after disking a 
trashy corn stubble and washed badly and 
got little Fall growth on account of un¬ 
favorable weather, and which nevertheless 
yielded 526 bu., or a little over 40 bu. 
per acre; also 5^ acres after beans near¬ 
ly the last of October, which little more 
than got up, as the ground froze hard and 
Winter set in about November 16. • This 
piece thrashed 182 bu., or a little more 
than 33 bu. per acre. Altogether in 191S 
we thrashed 930 bu. from 23 acres, and 
baled 28 tons of straw. These yields can 
be accounted for only by the superiority 
of the seed, as the land has been the same 
(except as a dairy farm may naturally 
build up in a few years), and were in the 
case of both Rosen and common rve fer¬ 
tilized alike with 200 lbs. bonemeai. 
Kent Co., Mich. neal spangexberg. 
The question which aye answered came 
from New Jersey, and was answered ac¬ 
cording to the conditions which we knew. 
We have heard of the Rosen rye; and had 
several articles about it a few years ago. 
It has also been advertised in The R. 
N.-Y. Our reports from Michigan re¬ 
garding the Rosen of selected seed have 
all been favorable. 
Wheat or Rye with Buckwheat 
Did you ever hear of sowing wheat or 
rye with buckwheat, the wheat or rye to 
be used as a grain crop next year? I 
would like to see what others have to say 
about it. f. v. j. 
Appleton, N. Y. 
We have seeded rye and buckwheat to¬ 
gether at the usual time for buckwheat 
seeding. The buckwheat comes up first 
and grows far ahead of the rye. After 
the buckwheat .is cut the rye comes on 
as usual, and grows through the Fall. 
The combination gives fair satisfaction 
when conditions are right. That means 
good soil, a reasonably wet season, and 
a thin seeding of buckwheat. If you were 
to sow buckwheat and rye on poor soil in 
a dry season and put in the usual amount 
of buckwheat seed you would probably 
smother out part of the rye. You must 
have plant food and water enough in the 
soil to provide for both grains, and the 
rye must not be crowded too much by the 
buckwheat. We would like to hear ex¬ 
periences from others who have seeded 
wheat or rye in this way. 
Trouble with Clover Dodder 
Will you tell me what dodder is like? 
We have a bad weed here in two fields; 
this is a very line vine, and twines around 
the hay. It is a regular mat. with very 
small white flowers, has kind of a so* • 
vinegar smell. We thought it might be 
dodder. G. E. M. 
It seems to be dodder. This parasite is 
usually introduced in the seed of clover 
or Alfalfa. It grows like a thick red or 
orange hair, which twines around the 
clover or Alfalfa plant, and sucks its life 
away. It has no leaves, but develops 
small, light-colored flowers. It will spread 
rapidly, both from seed and by throwing, 
out branches. Of course the best way to 
prevent it is to use clean seed. When it 
once starts it will soon form masses or 
clumps through the field. The most prac¬ 
tical remedy is to cut these patches off 
with a hand scythe, rake the hay and 
dodder to a pile, pour on a little kerosene 
and burn the whole place over. If the 
field is very bad, plow and plant corn or 
potatoes, giving clean culture. 
.Mas. Flat hush : “1 don’t know what’s 
the matter with my doughnuts. They al¬ 
ways seem to be heavy.” Mr. Flathush: 
“Why not try making the holes in the 
middle larger, dear?”—Yonkers States¬ 
man. 
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