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Excerpt from Cashman's Seeds, 1921 Spring Rye. Makes an excellent catch crop where winter grain has been killed out, or for sowing where a fall crop has been planted. Lf desired 'it can be turned under and made to answer a good purpose in adding to the fertility of the soil. It can be sown later than other spring grain. Does not grow quite as large straw as Winter Rye, but usually yields equally as well and grain is of finer quality. We now offer an extra fine grade of genuine, true stock'; Spring Rye. Sown in the spring and harvested the same season. We advise you to order early. See Blue Sheet for Prices. Bags extra at cost. 1 Cashman's Knoxall Winter Rye. '1 his magnificent ryeis of recent introduction to most of our customers. 'lt is an excellent winter rye and makes a distinct advance over all other var ieties, especially in point of productiveness and strength of straw. It is really in a class by itself. Characteristics; stools, well; matures, early; heads, extremely long; berry, long; color, ' amber; straw, strong and stiff. Rye is a money maker. Two years ago Cashman's Knoxall Rye averaged 52 bushels per acre. Lt is more hardy than wheat and will produce a good crop on light sandy soil or soil that will not produce a good crop of whegt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.