RURAIv ECOXOMICS 



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There ma}' be taken as an example the results obtained at the vSchool 

 of Agriculture of Oberhalm, Tannengau, and summed up in Table I. 



Table I. — Results obtained at the School of Agriculture of Oberhalm. 



A. — Cost of bringing an acre of land under cultivation 



(excess expenses as compared with " Egart" system) — Cover crop: oats. 



i s. d. 



I days ploughing (cost of team 6s. 8d. per day) 6. 8 



Y4 day harrowng (at 6s. 8d. per da3') i. 8 



Vg day to cover seeds mixture " 10 



Ya day to sow oats and seeds mixture i. o 



5 Y2 bushels of oats at 2s. 6d. per bushel 



14. 



Jlixture of clover and grasses 



Yield of hay per acre in owl. {valued at 2s. 6d. per cwt.). 



cwt. 



£ s. d. per cent 



Rotation grass land 85.61 



" Egart " control 59-73 



Increased j'ield 25.88 



Cost of bringing under cultivation! 



Net profit 



10. 14. Oj 140.66 

 7. 9. o 100.00 



3- 5-0 

 2. 8.3 



16. 9 



40.66 



191 4 



cwt. 



88.70 

 37.84 



30.86 



£ s. d. per cent 



II. 2. o 

 7. 4. 6 



3. 17. 6 



153 

 100 



53 



Rotation gi^ass land: 

 " KgarL " control : 



C. — Composition of: 

 Green oats clover and 18 % weeds and bad ([uality grass, 



improved grasses. 

 Clover and improved 43 % weeds and bad grass in the hay 



grasses. 51 % in the aftermath. 



In the regions where "Egart" is practised, and where grass grows 

 heavily, the trials showed that starting cultivation with still green cereals 

 is by far the most advantageous. The reasons are several : 



i) This power of strong growth of the grass also influences the ce- 

 reals, which develop powerfully and produce a l?rge quantit}- of culm and 

 leaves, throwing so much shade on the seed that its gro\vth is very much 

 impeded ; 



2) These cereals lodge easily, which makes the result of sowing 

 doubtful ; 



3) It is impossible by tillage to secure anything like complete elim- 

 ination of the weeds owing to the shallowness of the arable soil. 



Besides this, when the fields are sown with ripening cereals, one half at 

 least of such seed is lost. »Startiiig cultivation with still green cereals means 





