SECOND PART. 



ABSTRACTS 



AGRICULTURAIv INTETXIGKNCE 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



1057 - Agriculture in Brittany. — 1. Pic, G. Monographie d'une exploitation niodde en Ille 

 et-Vilaine. La Vie A-y.rico'e ct Rui'ale,Yf.aT b.'No 27 (special number on Brittany), pp. 

 i-i. Paris, Jtily i, 1916. — II. Parisot, F. Mise en valeur des dunes. Id., pp. 5-7. — 

 III.MnfeGE, E. I,a culture de Tajonc Id. ,pp: 13-16. — IV. Menard, A. Culture de lapomme 

 dc terre de primeur dans les Cotes du Nord. Id., pp. 18-20. — V. Vincent, V. Cultures ma- 

 raichcres el clevage du chevcl combines dans le pays de lypon Id., pp. 20-22. 



I. Small holdings of from 35 to 50 acres are the rule in the depart- 

 ment of Ille-et-Vilaine, and farms of over 100 acres are rare. Much of the 

 land is owned by peasant proprietors. The farm selected for description 

 as being typical of the district is about 35 acres in extent, on gently un- 

 dulating ground, and the soil is a strong loam on a clay subsoil. Many 

 improvements have been carried out : the land has been drained ; roads 

 have been made and apple tiees planted on either side of them ; hedges have 

 been removed, so that the farm now consists of 4 or 5 arable fields of 5 to 

 7 acres each, 5 acres of grass and 2 ^ acres of orchard. No fixed rotation 

 is adopted, but as far as possible the annual acreage of crops and catch 

 crops is distributed as follows : 



Besides this, all banks are planted with gorse which yields valuable 

 fodder for horses and cattle in December and January. Thus the 30 



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