Show RYE IS A GOOD CROP saves lives of many farm animals in spring time if not pastured too close it comet out wonderfully fast seed Is better for swine than for other stock plant in fall P byrnes an enthusiastic and successful dry farmer as well as news paper man at pueblo colo has come to the front in the defense of rye for dry farming and rural homes sir darnea has written the following ar tide there Is no more profitable crop to raise on the farm than rye rye pasture in the spring Is the first green stuff that horses and cat tie get and Is a relish for them after feeding for several winter months on dry grass and fodders it loosens their hides cleans out their stomachs and tones them up for a season of improve ment rye pasture has saved the lives of many animals in the spring time then along comes haying time rye hay Is the dry farmer s alfalfa it not pastured too close it comes out won der fully fast and in this altitude it Is ready to cut along about the middle of june it should be mowed when in bloom and before the grain begins to form for then the stems will core and remain soft and egweet and make ex cellena hay it allowed to stand too long the straw becomes hard and un palatable and stock do not like it rye hay will run a ton to the acre and at from 12 to 18 a ton it Is worth while when cut green and a wet follows it there Is a chance for a ond cutting for the stumps remain green and will continue to grow right along after the main stems are removed then comes the grain A farmer can afford to let some rye go to grain in order to provide tor seed and to have the grain tor the bogs it Is better for hogs than for other stock it should be either boiled or soaked for several hours before feeding it Is too hard to feed without being soaked beforehand and Is not properly bastl cad nor digested it Is a mistake to ea that rye grain is no good as a stock feed it la good when properly prepared fall rye will withstand the drought better than wheat it does not pay to plant spring rye plant tall rye so that it can have the benefit of getting rooted in the ground before cold weather sets in and then with the first warm days of spring it starts up a growth and makes itself before the season sets in rye will yield from 10 to 18 bushels of grain to the acre it should be drilled in from about the ast 1st to the ot september so that it can get the benefit of the equinoctial storm forty pounds of seed to the acre la plenty but 32 to 35 pounds Is better it properly distributed and covered it Is one of the cereals that stools great ly and thickens after it gets rooted rye can be drilled in between the corn rows with a one horse drill it Is heavy pulling and besides it Is warm work in a corn field hence horses should be changed off every quarter day it dry farmers would plant more rye and lesa corn and wheat they would find it to be a profitable ex per lence |