ERGOT IN RYE.
A CAUSE. OF ABORTION. ' . .Many"farmers are 'thinking-just now/of sowing rye-corn so as to secure a. good supply of greon fodder during tho winter. Tho orop 'does very well,: and is specially liked for poor' soil, where it thrives bettor than most other crops.. '.'The ergot;, howover, which attacks tne crop-is believed >by some to cause'abortion in stoqk, and if this ho true,:'care should, be'taken in, feeding it. to pregnant animals. ■ -;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 2
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73ERGOT IN RYE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 2
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