106 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



to allow the tares to get about 6" or 9* high. Then 

 let them be grazed down with sheep; bush or chain- 

 harrow the crop; sow the "seeds," and cover in the 

 crop by rolling. This method of procedure, though, 

 will delay the cutting of the tare crop by two or three 

 weeks, the delay, of course, being caused by eating 

 the crop down first. 



This delay may or may not be an advantage. 

 Under normal circumstances an autumn- sown crop of 

 tares will be ready for cutting about mid-June, and, 

 because of the better weather conditions, the longer 

 days, the greater amount of sunshine at that period 

 of the year, it is better, if possible, to plan for the 

 vetch hay crop to be cut and harvested at the time 

 referred to. 



ADJUSTING THE TIME OF HARVEST 



In some Continuous Cropping rotations two crops 

 of tares will be included as well as a crop of seeds 

 hay, all of which, under ordinary circumstances, 

 would be ready for cutting in the month of June. 

 If, however, one of the tare crops be grazed from, 

 say, the first to the end of the second or third week 

 of May, the crop will grow up again and be ready for 

 '■' haying " by about mid- July, by which time the 

 first cut tare crop will be well out of hand. 



On the other hand, if circumstances are of such a 

 nature as not to allow of grazing a crop down in 

 the early season, say, for instance, where sheep or 

 young stock are not kept, then there are other 

 alternatives. 



A tare crop, in the young stage, although 

 sufficiently advanced in growth, say by the end of 

 May or the beginning of June, to allow of cutting, 

 that is, so far as bulk is concerned, may not be 



