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Unlike wheat, though, a tare crop can be " darned " 

 to thicken it up — that is, 2 or 3 stone (of 14 lbs.) of 

 Italian rye grass can be sown at the time of bush 

 harrowing and rolling in order to fill up the bottom. 



SPRING TARES 



Tares, like spring cereals, can be sown in spring- 

 time, any time from February onwards, when the 

 land is fit to handle. With early spring sowings a 

 winter variety of cereals should be sown, and whilst 

 there are both spring and winter varieties of vetch, 

 the latter are generally the best variety to sow, 

 irrespective of the time of year. Summer tares are 

 usually sown after a crop of winter greens consumed 

 in spring. They may be sown in May or June to 

 give green soiling or to be converted into ensilage or 

 hay, if weather permits in July, August, and 

 September. 



MANURING OF TARES 



For tares which are autumn or early winter-sown 

 there is nothing better in the way of manure than 

 farmyard manure. Especially is this the case when 

 tares are grown after a lea corn crop, as at this 

 stage of the rotation the land is deficient in humus, 

 and farmyard manure supplies this ingredient in 

 addition to the necessary fertilising elements. 



As a general rule though, farmyard manure is not 

 available in autumn on most farms, so resource must 

 be made to artificial manure, but where farmyard 

 manure is available, a dressing of from 15 to 20 tons 

 per statute acre should be applied to the tare crop. 



Very satisfactory tare crops can be sown with 

 artificials, and of these a complete mixture is 



