Show winter rye grown in all parts of country its production increased in last few years prepared pared by tho the united states state department 0 of t agriculture winter ry ryo e Is tho the hardiest handiest har diest of all cereals it can bo be grown in nil all parts of tho the country says the united states department of agriculture but Is must profitable in the northern and eastern castern states its production in tile united states has increased rapidly during thy the past few years due chiefly to a heavy foreign demand high priced labor low yields of 0 wheat and the tha development of improved varieties of rye it la Is grown largely as a cash groin grain crop lu in the western half of the country but Is in used also for pasture as a green manure or nurse crop and to smother mother weeds the ordinary time tor for sowing winter rye in the northern part of north dakota and AlInne minnesota sota Is about september 1 with later dates in section sect lon south of this many farmers will find it profitable to sow winter rye yet this fall using grain stubble corn ground fall plowed land or summer er tallow fallow it if climatic conditions permit the department believes sowing on grain stub ble 1510 Is often the most profitable because cause of the chen cheaper per cost of production tito tho grain should be sown sawn with a drill nt at the rato rate of four to six peeks pecks per acre in tile the important rye producing western states tho the average acre value of tho the rye crop Is somewhat less than that of wheat while the yields of rye usually are higher than those of wheat the price Is much less being largely determined ric l by the foreign markets which use most of our crop at low prices cannot be grown tvr grain at a profit except under good management and in favored localities tho the Depart department meni of agriculture says bays white while rye makes good hoy green manure pasture or a nurse crop for legumes it Is not a suitable concentrated feed for live stock unless mixed with other grains it Is too heavy and sticky and Is not very palatable feeding tests show when fed la in mixtures rye hns has a feeding value lower than corn but nearly equal to that of barley |