EXTENDING THE HARVEST 93 



It is a difficult matter to revive a ' ' winter scalded ' ' 

 crop of corn, but a very simple matter indeed to check 

 any tendency to " winter pride." In fact it would 

 be a step in the right direction for the farmer to try 

 by early sowing and the application of suitable 

 manures, to induce his crops to become " winter 

 proud," and then correct the tendency by V nibbling 

 over " the crop with sheep in early winter. 



A far better " stand " would then, under most 

 conditions, be obtained, and the better root develop- 

 ment, which would follow the adoption of the 

 practice would, in addition, better enable the crop to 

 withstand adverse weather conditions. 



TO ANTICIPATE A RUSH 



Before leaving this matter it is very necessary to 

 point out that the summer and autumn sowing of 

 corn, anywhere except in the southern counties of 

 England, and where inter-cropping methods are 

 followed, is absolutely essential if the intention is to 

 follow with a crop of autumn-sown tares. 



Even where good weather conditions obtain at 

 harvesting times there is usually such a rush of work 

 in districts where the corn ripens late, say in 

 September, that there is no chance of getting the 

 stubbles cleared, cultivated, and sown with a tare 

 crop sufficiently early for the tares to be well enough 

 advanced in growth to withstand the winter. 



Just as happens with the ordinary crops of late- 

 sown wheat, it will be discovered that the late-sown 

 tares have not got a sufficient development of root 

 to withstand bad weather, and, even where they 

 survive the winter, the crop cannot be cut sufficiently 



