82 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



A favourite argument is, that since this system of 

 corn-growing is dependent on a summer rainfall, the 

 farm work in a dry summer may get just as much 

 behind time, and be as much dependent on the 

 vagaries of the weather, as is the case under the 

 ordinary system. 



Nothing of the kind. The corn sowing under 

 dry weather conditions may be delayed, but the 

 cutting and saving of the hay and vetch crops 

 may be proceeded with. Also early ripened corn, 

 when once a Continuous Cropping rotation has been 

 established, will be ready for cutting at the time 

 mentioned, July and early August. 



IT STARTS THE PLOUGH 



In fact, once the system has been established, the 

 farmer will find himself working according to the 

 formula: " the rain that stops the reaper starts the 

 plough." 



There is just one other point, but a subtle point, 

 one which few people will realise the significance of 

 until experience points its truth. It is this. As a 

 general rule, a period of dry weather is usually 

 followed by a period of wet weather, and vice versa, 

 so that, in practice, we find a very dry June or July 

 followed by a very wet July or August. 



Therefore, to take an example, and one which 

 helps to demonstrate the elasticity of the system, let 

 us say, a dry July happens. What is to be done? 

 Push on with the hay and tare and early corn harvest. 

 Don't worry about the corn. Sow it all in August, 

 or when the weather breaks. Conversely, in a wet 

 July or late June, get rid of the corn-sowing against 

 the time the weather permits of harvesting operations 

 being proceeded with. 



