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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
field of rye, to prevent the washing of soils, to provide 
winter pasture for the chickens and pigs, and to furnish 
fertility for the soil. 
Barley.—There are a number of different types of 
barley. The common six-rowed kind is grown in most 
places where barley is planted. The most successful 
planting is winter barley. Spring barley does better 
in the Northwest. 
Soils adapted for growing oats and corn are suitable 
for barley. It should be planted from September fif¬ 
teenth to October fifteenth. The rate of seeding is 
slightly over two bushels per acre. 
For a balanced grain ration, barley excels all other 
grains. It has enough fat for fattening, and enough 
protein for growing. Ground barley is excellent hog 
feed. It mixes well when ground with corn or other 
grains. 
In order to prevent shattering and to prevent dis¬ 
agreeable pricking by the beards, barley should be 
cut as green as possible to keep the grain from spoiling. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Name four principal small-grain crops produced in the 
United States, and give the uses of each. 
2. Give the commercial weight of the small grain crops per 
bushel. J 
3. Which of the small grains studied are raised in your com¬ 
munity? 
4. Give the planting dates for planting small grains. 
5. What are cereals, cover crops, beards, chaff, and lodging? 
6. Outline the steps in harvesting and thrashing wheat. 
7. Mention some methods of marketing cereals. 
8. How is the land prepared in your community for sowing 
small grains? 
9. Give the current market prices of grains, 
10. Discuss the storing ,of small grains. 
