The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-15

or It's rapid and vigorous growth even in cold weather it is very valuable for grazing and cover crop purposes. It also produces good yields of grain from 1o to 90 bushels per acre under ordinary farming conditions in the cot ton belt. In the extreme southern DOT tion of the cotton belt there is> an excellent variety known locally as South Georgia rye. Beech Island and Florida Black Seeded are other names applied to this same or at least a very similar variety. When SoWn in this section it is several days earlier and somewhat taller than the Ab- ruzzes variety. but has yielded hardly as much grain as the Abruzzes rye in comparative tests In the northern half of this section the North Georgia and Virginia varieties give good yields of grain. but it is not as good as the Abruzzes variety for a pasture and cover crop. as it's manner or winter and early spring growth is low and spreading.
 Rye for Bread-Rye flour makes a nutritious. wholesome bread, some what heagier and darker than that from wheat flour. the color probably being due to the darker gluten it con tainS. The dough from rye flour oft en becomes too soft and falls or be- comes Soggy. To correct this. one fourth to one-half the quantity of wheat flour improves the color and palatability of the bread as well as the working qualities of the dough rye flour being very sticky and diff fcult to handle Wheat and rye flour can. of course, be mixed in any pro- portion for baking.
 Rye Grain as a Feed--As feed for hogs. rye grain fed in combination with skinned milk has about the same value as barley grain so fed. Neither is as good for fattening as corn, but the quality of pork pro- duced is better. Rvs shorts is not a satisfactory hog feed. Rye may be fed to work horses from 2 to 4 pounds daily in addition to other grain. Ground rye or rye bran may be fed to mi1ch cows, not more than three pounds being used daily.
 Rye as Cover. Green Manure and Grazing Crop-Rye alone or with hairy vetch or crimson. bur or red clover is frequently sown in the cotton belt with good results as cover or graz : ing crop, The crop should be sown early. in order to produce large amount of fall and winter pasture and to allow good growth before blow ing. A variety making a large carly growth. such as the Abruzzes or South Georgia, should be used. Better results are secured by sowing rye with veteh or clover than by sowing it alone. Rye is the best grain to use for this purpose.
 When grown as a cover and green manure crop rye should be plowed un- der at or before the time it is knee high. If allowed to make more growth it may exhaust the soil moisture and decay slowly in the soil.
 Rye being grown for grain will fur nish a lot of fall and winter pasture. In this case it should not be pastured too closely or when the ground is wet.
 Rye for Silage-Rye makes silage of fair quality. It should be cut when the grain is in the late milk stage. It should be cut rather fine in the silagc cutter and we'll trampled in the slo to force as much air as possible out of the hollow stems. It is not as good for milch cows as corn silage but makes good feed to fill in during the summer between corn crops.
 Soils Adapted to Rye-Rye can be grown on almost any of the well drained soils of the southeastern states It is better adapted to the lighter 1oams and sandy soils than to the heavier clay soils. It yields best and produces the best quality of grain on we'll drained loam soils ip which there is a good suppl of lime. It Is not limited to such conditions, how ever, for it does nearly as we'll on acid as on nonacid soils and is gen erally the best grain for sandy soils; also for rough and exposed land. It is much better adapted to sandy and poor soils than wheat and will endure greater amount of acidity in the soil than wheat, oats or barley. It is es. pecially good for drained marsh land and for cutover land being brought under cultivation. Rye should general