CONTINUOUS CROPPING: DOES IT PAY? 31 



Continuous Cropping system is first adopted. Later, 

 as the stock-carrying capacity of the land is increased, 

 and as the amount of farm manure is increased, and 

 a large supply of nitrogen is so added to the soil by 

 the growing of leguminous crops, expenditure in 

 the direction of manures can be considerably reduced, 

 as the following table shows: — 



Year. 



Artificial 



Manures 



and Lime. 



1913—14 

 1914—15 

 1915—16 



£83 5 



76 14 6 



2 11 9 



£196 14 11 

 77 5 2 

 64 13 4 



Total. 



£279 15 4 3 



153 19 8 | 



67 5 1 -3 



As the table also shows, a similar economy can be 

 effected to a certain extent by the farmer growing 

 his own seed. 



Considering the area cropped, the expenditure on 

 artificial manure and lime has not, in this case, been 

 very great. This is due to two reasons: — first, the 

 land, as has been mentioned, was fairly fertile, and 

 secondly, a large expenditure in the first and second 

 years of the experiment was incurred for feeding 

 stuffs which resulted in our having a considerable 

 amount of farmyard manure available. With the 

 wisdom gathered from experience, the writer, were 

 he undertaking a similar experiment, would adopt 

 the course of more liberal manuring with artificial 

 manures and consume the crops on the land, rather 

 than purchase feeding stuffs, when the main object 

 is the procuring of an adequate supply of manure. 



