Show 8 YE IS A GOOD CROP lives of many farm ani saves aves mals in spring time f pastured too close it comes not if out wonderfully fast seed Is S gutter for swine than for t other stock plant in fall I 1 enthusiastic and suc an byrnes p F well as news as farmer aurdry i has bas come man at pit eblo colo japer 0 er front in the defense ot of ryo rye for the to o farming and rural homes mr dry byrnes has written writ ten the following ar r bicle there is no more profitable crop to the farm arm than rye fraase on r la Is the fe rye pasture in tile the spring stuff that horses and cattle cattie first green got get and Is a relish tor for them after veral winter months on for feeding and Y fodders rs it loosens their pass in out their stomachs I 1 and hides bides co cleans tones them up tor for a season of UL improvement 1 fa ove rye pasture has saved the lives of many animals in the spring time then along corn comes es haying time rye haf bay Is the dry farmers farm ers alfalfa if not i pastured r ed too close it comes out wonderfully der d i fully 1 fast and in this altitude it is ready to cut along about the middle of june it should be mowed when in ba doom 0 om and before t the he grain begins to form tor for then the ste stems ms will core and remain reff lafa soft and sweet and make excellent hay it if allowed to stand too long the straw becomes hard and un Ela pla table and stock do not like it ji rye hay bay will run a ton to the a ere acre and at from 12 to 18 a ton it is borth jorth while when cut green and a wet spell follows it there is a chance for a second cutting for the stumps re remain main i peen green and will continue to grow right along after the main stems are rei moved bored tien then comes the grain A farmer 1 can afford to let some rye go to grain in order to provide for seed and to chate have the grain for the hogs it is beti ter for hogs than for other stock it be either boiled or soaked for several hours before feeding it is too hard to teed feed without being soaked beforehand forehand le and is not properly masti bated nor digested di it is a mistake to tay say that r rye y e grain Is no good as a stock teed feed it is good when properly prep prepared arid fall rye will withstand the drought tel letter t ter than wheat it does not pay to that plant spring rye plant fall rye so that it can have the benefit 0 of getting rooted in the ground before cold weather sets in and then with the first warm das of spring it starts up a growth eselson JF and ad makes itself before the sets in rye will yield from 10 to 18 bushels id of grain to the acre it should be drilled in from about the to the ath of september so that it can get I 1 the benefit of the equinoctial storm i forty pounds of seed to the acre is plenty but 32 to 35 pounds Is better II if I 1 properly distributed and covered it is one of the cereals that stools great j ly IY and thickens after it gets rooted 5 rye kye can be drilled in between the beorn corn rows with a one horse drill it la Is heavy pulling and besides it Is warm work in a corn field hence loises should be changed off every quarter day I 1 it if dry farmers would plant more ate rye and less corn and wheat they ifould find it to be a profitable ex I 1 1 terrence teri peri ence |