98 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



crop grown on a farm. The method of cultivating 

 and manuring the crop will vary according to the 

 various circumstances, and the type of crop which 

 has preceded the tares. 



TARES AFTER A CORN CROP; CHEAP CULTIVATION 



This, in practice, will be the most common method 

 of introducing the tare crop into the rotation. 

 Immediately the corn has been removed, the land is 

 cultivated in exactly the same manner as though for 

 another crop of corn. 



In the actual cultivation there is room, under certain 

 conditions, for the exercise of a considerable amount 

 of labour economy. Tares sown in autumn do not 

 require very deep or very elaborate cultivation. 

 Unless the land be heavy or the stubble very dirty, 

 there is seldom need to plough the stubble. All the 

 work can be done with a good grubber, a-disc harrow , 

 spring-tooth, and the ordinary harrows and roller. 



With the implements mentioned above, all the 

 cultivation necessary for a statute acre of this crop 

 can be done with a three-horse team or a small 

 agricultural motor in about four to six hours. 



As a general rule the triple c ultivator should be put 

 on the land first, and thentoluDwefr" in the same 

 direction with the dischajxaw. Next the two 

 implements should be worked in the opposite 

 direction, so as to cross-cut, rolling first if the land is 

 dry enough. The second or cross-discing should be 

 done so as to give an overlap, or double stroke, of the 

 disc. 



This means that the second discing should be done 

 in " setts," the operator travelling round and round 

 as in ploughing, so that the right-hand set of discs 



