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Fic. 43. Four fifths of the rye crop of the world is raised in Europe. The rye belt runs along
the northern border of the wheat belt. Rye can grow where the land is too poor to produce
wheat, and the growing season is too short and too cool.

and the raising of oats. Find two sections in which the two maps do
not agree. Can you decide what cereals are fed to horses in these
regions ?
Oats are a favorite crop in the corn belt not only because they are needed
to feed the many horses on corn farms, but also because the two crops
do not interfere with each other in demanding attention from the farmers.
Dats are sown in the early spring before it is safe to plant corn, and are
harvested before the corn is ripe. Which states lie in both the corn and
the oats belt?
What European country stands next to the United States in total production
 of oats? Why? (Fig. 40.)

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Why rye is the poor man’s bread.
In the north temperate zone rye is known as the poor man’s crop,
for it is made into the black bread which is eaten by the working people
throughout Europe. It will grow in soil too poor and in regions too
cold for most cereals. In what part of Europe is it grown most
extensively ?
Find out what black bread tastes and looks like. Ask a baker if he ever
sells any bread made wholly of rye. Why do Americans use so little
black bread?
Why does Russia raise more than half of the world’s rye crop?