Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1917 — STILL TIME TO SOW BARLEY. [ARTICLE]

STILL TIME TO SOW BARLEY.

[National Crop Improvement Service.] The seeding time of barley should be done later than that of oats or Spring wheat, as an early spring frost is more detrimental to young barley, than to gtber small cereals. The season is usually a week later. In Canada barley is sown up into June, but that is not advocated in this country. Still the second or third week in May will probably be safe this year. . A drill or broadcast seeder is commonly used and the barley is sown at the rate of 1% to 2 bushels to the acre. Where it is desirable to seed the land down to clover and timothy, 1 to 1% bushels of seed barley as a nurse crop is sufficient.