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Show . Catch Crop of Rye in Corn. A catch crop of rye in corn helps to eradicate weeds, utilizes available plant food left in the soil in the fall which otherwise might be washed out or drained away, provides a protection protec-tion to the soil through the fall and winter, thus preventing the soil from blowing, catching the rain, and stopping stop-ping the drifting snow. When corn follows rye in this way It is necessary to plow or double list, '-and '-and this should be done rather early ' In the spring, unless it is preferable to plow late in the fall.. If rye is '' plowed under late in the spring the Beed bed is apt to be left lose and dry, and if corn is listed in the rye the rye becomes a troublesome weed, -' which is difficult to destroy,, and which may injure the growth of the corn. |