Show RYE IS SUREST FOR WINTER I 1 COVER CROP ON ANY SOIL makes more albre growth on poor soils than any other of nil all winter cover crops rye re Is a the surest anti ami the nearest fool proof it will make more inore growth groth on oil poor soils whether clay aln or sandy mindy than tiny ain other it Is resistant to anter hilling ano inay ie sown sonn successfully fully from august An hil to december dei ember hut but october 1 Is 14 larob probably ihly the best chite of sowing for most localities says E H C wair for the lie north caro illia state st iff college olle of agriculture A bush bushi I of sul secil should tic be used use per aire acre the seed may iii ile be scattered over a corn or cotton field und find covered with H n one horse cultivator cult lator this inny be done ut at ln line ahrie or just after the lie first picking of cotton rye re may be sown own tills this wai uny in a corn field or the he corn may inny be removed the land disked and the rye drilled in mr air I vair states that rye often gives good grazing in tile the fill fall I 1 when sown early curly it will also give lve grazing in the lie early spring liu lie stock should ile be taken auken off in time for the lie crop to good growth growl li for turning under tile the rye should lie he turned under as soon ns as the lie heads begin to show ris ns at this time it will rot quickly in the soll soil if allowed to income in come too ripe the sterns stems way may interfere with cultivation and soil moisture conditions itye hyo Is not a le legume guine mr air blair points out and takes no nitrogen from the air its value Is in the lie prevention of soluble plant food from froin teaching I 1 out of the soil the checking 0 of f erosion and in adding organic matter ter to the soil when turned under it Is one of the best beat crops to improve the of the soil in this way whenever the success of a leguminous cover crop is doubtful rye should be sown with the legume |