The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-14
RAISING RYE.


superiors as q Renovation ~ a.. .e NC
There are many reasons vhv -,
mould raise'more rye than we do A.
rsnovator of soils it has few eonals
ana no ssuperiors, not even excent;n :
aoYer. Agood crop of rye can oftan
oe grown where clover can NOT rst .
no,a This is especially the case = nnon
i,ght' sandy soil. have seen manv
dry, sandy knobs, where clover had ~
peatedly failed to s.catch,', seeded with
Te ana produce fairly good crop
Nv wo or three crops of this plowed mn
uer green Will pave the way for Other
LIPS or make valuable pasturaoe If
1Se otherwise waste places. RIVE can
20 harvested and taken off from tbesa
SOILS .1or. several seasons in sno
Sess,on Without seeming TO defer;orsto
r. gu ia quality or quantity. However
: 10 nor think it pays to raise rye as .
..,; s Nc. cFop,t even if the land were nm
,nJuieu thereby, for the yield and n,.;ca
.eqeiveow VIII not generally warrant snc,s .
course. But am positive that os
!. of partially...run out,, iarJs
u unsurpassed. Were / a sc;ant;St i
nlgnt explain how the rye draws NOR MOI &
.I.in the atmosphere than many otbar
I'LL taking but a small share Of
.nYse properties or Constituents of nIant d
oYu from the soil, and perbans reachs p
u aown below the uncultiyated surface "
III iVr a largepart of the little ne,frled
'u.' as 1 am not q scientist. i will no. n
.sprp the functions of one. h,,t Vii
lleep4y State that in my Observation sn ~,
APerience rye does seem TO -possess.ths IN
uaiitles above alluded to. Wbare t 81 -
mFnt OF manure produced Is ;nsnae -
ar ~, ,ul qne demands Of the acres sun. n.
49, oaslFation, recoursesto the plan of 3,
; ';e Hanuring must be had. Other
. use l DO not think the practice an q;
one system of farming will not an s ss;
~ Ior All sections of our country
'me are blessed with fertile soils. good "a
'irkess and line, climate, while in otbe, a.
celous nature has not been SO lavish
= ner CUTS, and the cultivators of tbe Il
y nnu II q, constant and hard strupoIa k
Keep tlo fertility necessary to mo ~
&c tne scant crops from which thew W
|, ~ exc out subsistence. The in,
oIeants must labor under all tbe Dis Nay
Vantages incident to such a country
'emote markets and bad facilities foy
chrng the same. They must resort ".
many expedients not sanctioned nv Esf
" more fortunate brothers of the 40,
uturai profession. To that c)ass Hy;
$ TINS article more particularly an. I
ana to them l would saw. raise ~
re rye. Make it prominent fea' HNS
IN the system of rotation. Let !, xs@
'eoe every crop of corn; not to he ~
y on as ripened crop, but ploupbedI 81
er as fertilizer or fed down Inv Sfss
<. 1t win flourish where otbey
ms would fail. Wet or dry. rongb EXsS
moofh; sown early or sown late. itI - 4
usually bring forth fair cron " k7A
some localities rye is fairly nav. p en-
crop TO raise for the market. The tents.
usually brings good price, and -
ram itself is often quoted as bjoS -.
heat. Ii the same care and nrsn
on We're given to the rye crop that ~
zen 70 wheat, there would be very "a
Oh d1herence in the yields and prof, te
nere the difference, as is claimed Z
'or OF the wheat, it would be fully ~
by the difference in the drafts ~ ~
70, crops upon the fertility of the ms ?
Let us have more rye upon our q s' siais
SOILS Ohio Farmer. eli VT