114 FARMING ON FACTORY LINES 



The application of liquid manure to a tare or other 

 forage crop fits in with the general disposal of the 

 stuff, especially when the crop is being cut for soiling. 

 This, of course, is done in stages, and, simultaneously, 

 the liquid manure tank is getting filled. Onoe a piece 

 of the land has been cleared the liquid manure can be 

 taken out and applied to that ground. Again, in 

 the winter-time, when the maximum amount of liquid 

 manure is being produced, the liquid can be taken 

 on to a forage crop at any convenient time, and 

 applied to meadows any time the land is firm enough 

 to bear the weight of the tank. 



HARVESTING THE TARE CROP 



The tare crop can be converted into hay, into 

 ensilage, or used for green soiling to be fed to the 

 cattle. As a general rule, autumn tares sown on a 

 stubble or on lea land, if not grazed in spring-time, 

 will be cut for hay about the month of June, and 

 followed with a summer-sown crop of winter greens, 

 whilst the tares which have been spring-grazed, or 

 sown after roots in early winter, or sown in the 

 spring-time, will not be ripened enough for 

 harvesting until July and August. Then hay-making 

 weather is not so favourable as in June, and, there- 

 fore, it is more advisable to convert the crop into 

 ensilage. 



This recommendation to make ensilage rather than 

 hay with the later tares must be regarded as a general 

 one, and no hard and fast rule should be adhered to. 

 The farmer should keep before his mind always the 

 farm factory idea — making hay when the weather 

 permits and ensilage when it does not. 



