72 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



During the first three winters of the rotation 

 valuable sheep-feeding, at very hungry times of the 

 year, will be consumed on the land. This will add 

 to the humus contents and the general fertility of the 

 soil, will also keep the land covered in winter, and 

 prevent " leaching " or washing out of the land of 

 plant food. 



Not only would the land be improved by such 

 treatment, but also the sheep. In fact, as any 

 successful sheep farmer will readily corroborate, this 

 green feeding in the early spring for ewes and lambs, 

 and a good breadth of green forage in autumn and 

 early winter, for the fattening of hoggets, tegs, and 

 culled ewes, or backward lambs, are absolutely 

 essential for success. 



VALUABLE SHEEP FEEDING 



It will be noted that under the modified rotation, 

 roots are not included, but apart from sheep, 

 succulent feeding is required for the horned stock. 

 Such succulent feeding is provided in the " winter 

 greens " grown in the third year's break, and by 

 the ensilage made from a portion of the tares, grown 

 also in the third year, and from the ensilage made 

 from the seeds and sainfoin aftermath in the fourth 

 year. The cleaning of the land, instead of being 

 confined to once in five or six years, would be 

 practically continuous throughout the entire rotation. 

 On this latter point there is a feature in connection 

 with Continuous Cropping of the greatest importance. 



DENSE FOLIAGE CROPS 



Every tiller of the soil must have noted that the 

 time when the weeds make the greatest headway is 



