SEEDING DOWN WITH A TAKE CROP 109 



Tares can be sown at practically any time in spring, 

 summer, and autumn. With pre-winter sowings, 

 the crop should, as with wheat and other cereals, be 

 sown in early autumn if possible, and -grazed down, 

 if necessary, before winter, so as to ensure a good 

 root hold. After lea corn the tares should be sown 

 not later than mid-October, and if they can be got 

 in, in September, all the better. 



EARLY SOWINGS 



In the Northern districts of England, Ireland, and 

 in Scotland generally, September sowings on any- 

 thing approaching an extensive scale are out of the 

 question. Yet, because of the more severe winters 

 in these districts, early sowings are more desirable 

 than in Southern districts. The only way to ensure 

 early sowings is to adopt the practice of sowing the 

 corn in the manner already referred to, or by 

 adopting the inter-cropping principle on at least a 

 portion of the corn stubbles. 



Once November has set in it is risky to sow tares 

 on a corn stubble, unless the weather be very open. 

 As with wheat, after a root crop, or on manured 

 land, tares can be sown late in November, or even in 

 December, but just as with wheat, there is always 

 a risk. Late sown tares which experience bad 

 wintry weather have, however, wonderful recupera- 

 tive power. Often in spring-time a crop of tares 

 which seem to have died out makes a wonderful 

 recovery on the advent of spring weather, and, like a 

 wheat crop, can be wonderfully improved by the 

 usual method of bush harrowing, rolling, and the 

 application of a little nitrogenous manure in spring- 

 time, when the crop has got a fairly good root hold. 



