Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-10-14
THE RYE CROP.
why Il should Receive tho Attsntsoa %
Thoughtful Farmers.

grain compared with wheat; but when
its character Is considered this unfav-
orable distinction seems not to be do
served. Usually thing is valued In
proportion to the difficulty in procuring
il. A diamond will tempt person to
commit the worst Of crimes for its pos
session. while quartz crystal which
nigh, easily pass for it is treated with
contempt. Possibly the same principle
is Mt work when wheat is preferred TO
rye as the staff of life. although rye Is
a stronger and Stoutcr staff and sup
port than the wheat. AS compared
with wheat, rye has the following adj
vantages and disadvantages: It's grain
contains little less gluten but moro
starch. and Il third moro fat. Ii is.
therefore, u considerably better and
more nutritious food for use in cold
climates and i'm the winter season; its
straw is moro nutritious and contains
considerably less indigeStiblc mineral
elements. to which fact il due its great
err softnc>s and elasticity. Its bran Is
considerably more nutritious, and bctA
ter food for stock. for it contains mors
gluten or heterogeneous substance, moro
starch AMI gum and nearly onc-half
more fat. II il thus worth more money
"a fact 20 he remembered by all thoSo
who are purchasing bran for feeding
cows or horses. II IL mo,u easily
grown that wheat, is far less oNactinS
rs regards soil and will resist The rig.
ors of winter far better; it Is much less
subject to parasitic fungi, and Is never
known to be injured by rust. All these
are much in It's favor. On the other
hand this grain makes darker flour
than wheat. and the fa>tidiOus house,
keeper who thinks her snowy rolls AMI
hsr white bread the perfection of her
culinary skill will have no rye in her
kitchen AS woman rules the world.
and man depends upon her favor for
his daily bread. the sweet. nutritious.
hcalthful, but somewhat Sumbor rye IL
forbidden 10 him, and he is Obliged 10
content himself with the whiteSt and
mos, tcstclcsS of the ncw-proccs' wheat
flour bread. No doubt the rye bread
OF the mountain cabins is preferable rs
food for u Woodworking man TO tho
white wheat bread of the city folks or
those farmers who follow the city
fashions. and u farmer might 10 worse
than request his better half tn provide
him with rye bread occasionally. Ger
tainly the farmer who will not or docs
no, tit his soil in the very best manner
for fall grain had better SOW rye and
get e fair crop of grain than to sow
wheat and get half a crop. With wheat
nj low prices n farmer could afford Ia
grow this grain for sale and sufficient
rye for his own bread and for feeding
his horses. For the latter purpose tho
grain is equal 10 barley and better than
corn. and mixture of equal parts Of
corn and rye lncly ground together IS
the best grain food to be procured for
these animals.
An easily grown crop is too often inn
posed upon by careless and neglected.
usage. Rye is generally used this way.
and poor yield is therefore 40 com-
mon that this grain is supposed never
10 produce more than l. or IL bushels
TO the acre. But when ii is well treat
ed and sown upon soil aS well prepared
a. it i for wheat the yield will exceed
that Of wheat. and considerably 81 in
am average Of years. We have had -
bushels of rye per acre over lj-acre
field, and in very uniayOrablc year,
when wheat was not half Il crop, have
rcapcd - bushels of ryc TO the acre. IL
will always pay TO use rye well. Tho
straw is in such general demand for Va.
riouS purposes and makes such excel.
lent fodder for horses when cut into
chalr that il will 90 far to cqualizc tho
differing values of the grain. The best
preparation of the soil is therefore in
di>pcnsablc, even for this crop, and
when grass seed is Sown its greater
advantages over wheat for this purpose
gives it an additional value.
Rye is a valuable crop for soilinS
purposes. IL is excellent for fall and
winter or early spring pasture for sheep
or COWS where winter pasturlng is
available. For cutting green in tho
spring for cows il is the only available
crop, rs il comes ut season when no
other is readyEor can be made ready,
and it carries the COWS along until the
clover i lit for cutting. For this pur.
pose we have been in the habit of sow
inS three bushels of seed per acre, and
to get an even stand over the ground
have taken the trouble to sow the seed,
onc-half each way, with narrowing
across tn. last Que to avoid having all
the seed come up in rows in one direc-
ton along the harrow marks. For
grain bushel and half OF seed per
acre is not too much. and early SOW
ing is advisable. because this crop is
not troubled with the rust or the
Hessian fly which renders later sowing
Of wheat advisable. L. Times.
Save Your Own Seeds.
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