Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . ss types. The bearded springvarieties prevail. Preparation of Land and Seeding.—Barley demands a well-preparedseed-bed, and should be seeded in the spring as soon as all danger offreezing is past. Best results are secured by drilling at the rate of sixto eight pecks per acre. Broadcasting the seed usually gives muchlower yields than drilling. 80 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Harvesting and Use.—Barley is harvested in the same manner asoats. It should be shocked in round sho
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . ss types. The bearded springvarieties prevail. Preparation of Land and Seeding.—Barley demands a well-preparedseed-bed, and should be seeded in the spring as soon as all danger offreezing is past. Best results are secured by drilling at the rate of sixto eight pecks per acre. Broadcasting the seed usually gives muchlower yields than drilling. 80 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Harvesting and Use.—Barley is harvested in the same manner asoats. It should be shocked in round shocks with cap sheaves, and inthreshing the cap sheaves are usually threshed separately in order to secureas large a proportion as possible of unstained grain. Barley that is dis-colored by rains commands a much lower price than bright, unstained grain. More than half of the barley produced in North America finds itsway into the market, and much of it is used in the manufacture of is largely used in the production of beer and other malt for this purpose should be clean and bright in color, and should. A Field op Winter Barley Seeded after Corn, Anne ArundeIi County, Md.* be free from foreign seeds and broken grains, and possess a high germi-nating power. Use of By-Products.—Straw from barley is less palatable than thatof oats or beardless wheat, and is also somewhat less nutritious. Itmakes excellent bedding, although the beards are more or less irritatingto both man and beast. RYE Rye is of minor importance both in the United States and , Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and New York produce64 per cent of that grown in the United States, while Ontario producesthe most in Canada. iProm Farmers Bulletin 518, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. OATS, BARLEY AND RYE 81 Adaptation and —Rjt will grow on rather poor soil, and ismost extensively grown in districts in the temperate zone where thesoils are low in fertihty. It is more hard
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