CHAPTER VII 



EXTENDING THE HARVEST 



The actual method of grazing a crop is of importance, 

 and serves as an opportunity of directing attention to 

 another important feature of the new corn-growing 

 system. If a farmer has, say, 40 acres of corn, all 

 sown at the same time, he can, by the exercise of a 

 little judgment in the grazing down of the crop, vary, 

 within certain limits, the time of ripening of different 

 sections of the crop. 



For instance, in the case of, say, a 40 acre crop of 

 rye, sown in early July, the 40 acres could be divided 

 into four sections, A.B.C.D., of 10 acres each: — 



Section A. grazed from mid. to the end of August. 



Section B. ,, ,, the 1st to mid. September, 



Section C. ,, ,, mid. to the end of Sep- 

 tember. 



Section D. ,, ,, the 1st to the end of 



October. 



Section D, of course, having the longest period of 

 growth, will be most advanced, and will, therefore, 

 supply a longer grazing period. Section C. also, in 

 most years, will give grazing for three instead of two 

 weeks, it being assumed, of course, that the same 

 number of grazing animals are being grazed 

 throughout. 



According to the season, Section A. and B. may be 

 " nibbled over " again during November. Or if by 



