. Western agriculture. p are known; it is usually classified simply as winter andspring rye. The winter type is as a rule the heavier pro-ducer and is often used as a fall and winter pasture. Rye produces a long, slender straw, which is so strongthat it seldom lodges. This habit of growth, together withthe fact that it matures early, makes it a favorite nursecrop in many localities. Rye is seldom an entire failure,although it never yields heavily. The methods of culture of rye are similar to those of theother small grains. Five or six pecks of seed to the acre areplanted. It has few enemies, t
. Western agriculture. p are known; it is usually classified simply as winter andspring rye. The winter type is as a rule the heavier pro-ducer and is often used as a fall and winter pasture. Rye produces a long, slender straw, which is so strongthat it seldom lodges. This habit of growth, together withthe fact that it matures early, makes it a favorite nursecrop in many localities. Rye is seldom an entire failure,although it never yields heavily. The methods of culture of rye are similar to those of theother small grains. Five or six pecks of seed to the acre areplanted. It has few enemies, the worst being ergot, a diseaseof the grain, which renders it unfit for man or beast. 188 WESTERN AGRICULTURE Emmer is closely related to wheat. A striking differencein appearance, however, is that the emmer contains a hullaround the kernel which is not removed by threshing. Thiscrop has been raised since the dawn of history, but it hasnot been grown so extensively on the western hemisphereas some of the other Figure 68.—Effect of irrigation on yield of grain and Btorer. Drought resistance is claimed as one of its most valuablecharacteristics and it will doubtless gain a place as a cropfor arid regions. Its methods of culture are similar to thoseof wheat, and its Use is chiefly as a feed for live stock. The grain sorghums include a number of crops which,when young, resemble corn, but which produce their grainin the head corresponding to the tassel of the corn. Thesecrops have been introduced from the arid parts of the oldworld and are now grown extensively in the southern GRAIN CROPS 189 portion of the Great Plains and to a less extent in other aridsections of the country. These grains are used principallyfor stock, especially for chicken feed. In some sections theyare ground for human food. Drought resistance and heavyyielding power recommend them to the dry-farmer. Buckwheat is a grain produced for its flour, which is usedextensively in making the well-known buckw
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